Mystery of Roman sarcophagus unearthed at Westminster Abbey solved at last, expert says

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• A skeleton found inside a Roman sarcophagus unearthed at Westminster Abbey has been identified by an archaeologist as likely that of a medieval abbot.
• The limestone sarcophagus, inscribed to Valerius Amandinus, was excavated in 1869 from an area that was once the yard of a sacristy built by Henry III.