De ArcheoloogMay 6, 2024
De Britse historisch schrijver Paul Harper meent de #begraafplaats van de raadselachtige Angelsaksische #koning #Cerdic te hebben ontdekt. Deze plek zou zich bevinden aan de rand van #Andover in #Engeland. Cerdic zou in de eerste helft van de 6e eeuw AD de eerste koning van #Wessex zijn geweest.
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Burial site for Enigmatic Anglo-Saxon King Cerdic found, author claims - Arkeonews

The possible final resting place of Cerdic, the enigmatic founder of the Kingdom of Wessex and a key figure in the history of post-Roman Britain, has come to light more than a thousand years after he was named in an ancient royal charter.

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AutisticMumTo3Apr 27, 2024

Burial site for dark age king found in Hampshire, author claims - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c51n25d7m4po

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Burial site for dark age king found in Hampshire, author claims

Paul Harper hopes archaeologists might be allowed to dig at the Hampshire site in the future.

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World History EncyclopediaAug 22, 2023
The Kingdom of Wessex (c. https://www.worldhistory.org/Kingdom_of_Wessex/ #History #AethelwulfofWessex #AlfredtheGreat #Cerdic
Kingdom of Wessex

The Kingdom of Wessex (c. 519-927 CE or c. 519-1066 CE) was a political entity founded by the West Saxon Chieftain Cerdic (r. 519-540 CE) in 519 CE in the Upper Thames Valley of modern-day Britain which...

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World History EncyclopediaNov 17, 2022
Cerdic (r. 519-534 CE) was King of the West Saxons and the founder of Wessex. His influence was so profound that later genealogies of the English monarchy would claim that all the sovereigns of Britain, save for Canute, Hardecanute, the Harolds, and William the Conqueror, were descended from him. Precisely why he was so influential is debated, however, in that the ancient sources conflict in th...https://www.worldhistory.org/Cerdic/ #Cerdic
Cerdic

Cerdic (r. 519-534 CE) was King of the West Saxons and the founder of Wessex. His influence was so profound that later genealogies of the English monarchy would claim that all the sovereigns of Britain...

World History Encyclopedia