In the year 1190, a group of monks from Glastonbury, England claimed that they had made a truly remarkable discovery.

Inner book, Clash of Crounds, historian Mary McCollough tells us that after digging 16 feet into the earth near the site of their monastery,

the monks eventually hit a large wooden sarcophagus. They carefully removed this massive oak coffin from the earth, gently slid the lid open and peered inside.

What they saw were two impeccably preserved human skeletons, one of which seemed to have come from a giant.

The larger skeleton looked like it had belonged to a man who would have stood close to seven feet tall.

The skull was particularly massive, sporting eye sockets the size of one of the monk's palms.

The second skeleton was smaller and considerably more delicate. Near the skull there was even a shock of long blonde hair that had somehow been preserved.

These were clearly the remains of a woman.

Who were these people buried under Glastonbury? Well, the monks didn't have to speculate for very long.

The giant oak sarcophagus had barely been out of the ground a few minutes before one of the brothers came across a lead cross that had been buried just above the coffin.

Sure enough, it had a Latin inscription that explained everything. It read, quote,

Here lies the renowned King Arthur with Gwenavir, his second wife on the Isle of Avalon.

End quote.

Word went out far and wide that the pious monks of Glastonbury Abbey had discovered the tomb of King Arthur.

The fabled King was real after all, and for a small price, curious pilgrims could come and gaze upon the impressively large remains of England's ancient protector.

So, I'm sure you're asking yourself, how did the monks know exactly where to dig so they would find this amazing piece of British history?

Well, it turns out that they had some help from the King of England himself.

The medieval historian, Geraldis Cembrenses, tells us that King Henry II spoke with the monks and pointed out the exact spot where they should dig.

We're told that Henry had, quote, heard from an ancient Welsh bard, a singer of the past, that they would find the body not in a tomb of stone, but in a hollow oak.

As it turned out, the King's hot tip was remarkably accurate, dare I say, suspiciously accurate.

Not only did the King know precisely where the tomb was, he also had all these helpful details that could be used to accurately identify it.

The whole thing starts to smell even fissure when he considered the fact that this wasn't the first time that the monks of Glastonbury had stumbled across the remains of a medieval celebrity.

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