Scan of Shakespeare's Grave Indicates Skull Is Missing

Shakespeare's skull is likely missing from his grave, an archaeologist has concluded, confirming rumors that have swirled for years about grave-robbers and adding to the mystery surrounding the Bard's remains. Four hundred years after his burial at the Church of the Holy Trinity in Stratford-upon-Avon, central England, researchers were allowed to scan the grave of England's greatest playwright with ground-penetrating radar. In the area under the church floor where the...

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