I’ve wanted to post this drawing for so long, because it’s been in my mind for a very long time – one of those things that caught my imagination about archaeology I think. The details about the burial are in one of the miscellaneous posts below. The picture comes courtesy of the scan at the Open Library. The picture was drawn by Worthington G Smith (who was an expert in fungi, too).
Image credit: Victoria History of the County of Bedford v1 (1904).
Before anybody else asks the question, I cribbed this from your previous post -
"...about 200 fossil Echini (sea urchins) can be seen encircling the skeletons"
Cool! I'm sure I saw the actual skeleton in a museum when I was at school (long time ago! Went to school in Dunstable tho...) - I remember thinking it was barbaric to bury someone in such a position. Mind you, I obviously knew feck all in them days. ;)
Great scan though - cheers, R! Look forward to reading your notes.
G x
A beautiful image. A fantasy though, sadly.