Subterranean crypt with empty tombs unearthed at medieval cathedral in England

Archaeologists excavating Exeter Cathedral in England have uncovered the church’s Twelfth-century excessive altar, a medieval crypt and the empty tombs of two bishops.

The cathedral, constructed round A.D. 1400, resides on the identical website as the unique constructing from 1114, when it was constructed within the Norman architectural type. In 1066, the Normans traveled from Normandy, France, to invade England. Though the 2 towers of the unique construction at the moment are adjoined as a part of the nave partitions as they seem at this time, the remainder of the Anglican church was rebuilt between roughly A.D. 1270 and 1350 in a adorned Gothic type, in line with Smithsonian Journal.