Ancient
Deep Dive: Archaeologists May Have Solved the Mystery of a Roman Sarcophagus Excavated at Westminster Abbey in 1869
Stanley detailed his study of the sarcophagus in an 1870 journal article. Although the coffin bore a Latin inscription apparently dated to the Roman occupation of Britain, its lid featured a large cross that was more consistent with the early medieval period, hundreds of years later. In the century and a half since the coffin was first excavated, scholars have offered varying explanations for its presence in the abbey, where only a few other Roman artifacts have been found.
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