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A new archaeological study has determined that a 4th century, Roman-era coffin buried at Westminster Abbey was curiously recycled by monks during the medieval era.

Whose skeleton was discovered inside a late Roman sarcophagus? One archaeologist has suggested two medieval abbots as possible contenders.

New research suggests that the ancient coffin was repurposed in the 10th or 11th century to hold the remains of an abbot who had overseen the London monastery