Skeletons - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 29 Sep 2016 01:33:38 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Skeletons - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Human bones mystery uncovered at church https://cathnews.co.nz/2016/09/30/archaeologists-skeleton-mystery-church/ Thu, 29 Sep 2016 15:55:11 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=87679 Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of at least six people hidden under a church floor in Anglesey in Wales. The bones were discovered during a project to clean and restore a rare alabaster stone tomb at St Gredifael's Church near Menai Bridge. The tomb at Penmynydd is of Goronwy Tudur and his wife Myfanwy - Read more

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Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of at least six people hidden under a church floor in Anglesey in Wales.

The bones were discovered during a project to clean and restore a rare alabaster stone tomb at St Gredifael's Church near Menai Bridge.

The tomb at Penmynydd is of Goronwy Tudur and his wife Myfanwy - part of Tudor family dynasty.

Experts believe the bones could have been disturbed after earlier Victorian renovations.

"There are at least half a dozen bodies that have been disturbed in the century when that work was done, and there are at least half a dozen other people under the floor too. Read more

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