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Mystery stone found near church linked to Knights Templar

Saturday, October 31, 2009

What appears to be the carved top of a sarcophagus was unearthed when builders were excavating and reinforcing a wall alongside the old ruined church in Temple, Midlothian.

But the inscriptions, which include symbols similar to those found in Viking monuments, in medieval graves and in West Highland Celtic carvings, have baffled archaeologists.

Crispin Phillips, who is renovating a house alongside T...
Original article from http://www.archaeology.eu.com/weblog/2009_10_01_archaeologyeu_archive.html#5730756600317221491
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