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  "id": 16157016,
  "title": "Tests reveal Roman coffin at Westminster Abbey may hold medieval abbot",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/tests-reveal-roman-coffin-at-westminster-abbey-may-hold-medieval-abbot",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-23T05:39:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/archaeology/in-1869-a-roman-sarcophagus-at-westminster-abbey-puzzled-archaeologists-with-a-medieval-cross-on-its-lid-157-years-later-dating-of-the-skeleton-points-to-an-11th-century-abbot-not-the-roman-named-on-the-tomb/articleshow/135106750.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Excavations at Westminster Abbey have unveiled a medieval abbot's remains within an ancient Roman coffin, dated to the time between AD 987 and 1052. Notable candidates for the identity of this abbot include Ælfwig and Wulfnoth, who once steered the Westminster Benedictine monastery. The coffin, rich in history, has been preserved and examined since its 19th-century discovery, and today, visitors…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}