Perfect Medieval Grave Slabs Recovered from England’s Oldest Shipwreck
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<p paraeid="{c1b7652c-2866-401f-80ea-cf6412e53ed0}{214}" paraid="1574669016"><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US">Maritime archaeologists from Bournemouth University have recovered two medieval </span>graves slabs which have been lying at the bottom of Studland Bay for nearly 800 years.? </p>
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<p paraeid="{c1b7652c-2866-401f-80ea-cf6412e53ed0}{220}" paraid="1248483075"><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US">The slabs, carved from Purbeck marble, were amongst the cargo of </span><a href="
http://xn--englands%20oldest%20known%20shipwreck%20found,%20with%20a%20morbid%20cargo-1i90c/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank"><span data-contrast="none" xml:lang="EN-US"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">England’s oldest historic shipwreck</span></span>[/url]<span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US">, which sank off the Dorset coast during the reign of </span><a href="
https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-famous-people/king-henry-viii-0012871" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"><span data-contrast="none" xml:lang="EN-US"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">Henry III</span></span>[/url]<span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US"> in the thirteenth century.</span>? </p>
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