William Shakespeare's skull 'probably stolen'

[Still Waters]

A hi-tech investigation of William Shakespeare's grave has concluded his skull was probably stolen.

The discovery gives credence to a news report in 1879, later dismissed as fiction, that trophy hunters took the skull from his shallow grave in 1794.

A team used a ground-penetrating radar (GPR) scan to look through the grave at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford in the first archaeological probe of the site.

It allowed investigators to see below ground without disturbing the grave.

http://www.bbc.co.uk...kshire-35883872

[BeastieRunner]

Is it gone or not?

[Darkenpath25]

tough luck to who stole it , On his stone is a warning , " Good friend for Jesus sake forebeare , To dig the dust that is enclosed here blessed be the man that spares these stones .And cursed be he that moves my bones .

[StarMountainKid]

I remember reading Mark Twain saying, "In a Havana museum there are two skulls of Christopher Columbus, one when he was a boy, and one when he was an old man." Just thought I'd add that. It seems lots of bones can belong to the same person.

[Infernal Gnu]

OMG, what if Shakespeare's skull has been used or is being used as a prop for Yorick's skull in productions of Hamlet? Alas, poor Will!

Edited March 24, 2016 by Infernal Gnu

[+DieChecker]

I wonder if old Bill's skull was ever used in a production of Hamlet???

[PersonFromPorlock]

Check eBay.

[nothingliz]

Not to be disrespectful, but it does appear that this is rather poetic.

[Trust_no_one]

It be in someones private collection hidden away

[Black Monk]

Gone or not gone, that is the question.

[Black Monk]

Is it gone or not?

Maybe someone's been using it for the part of Yorick in Hamlet.