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Pee ee we 42 THe OSHAWA TIMES, Mondey, August 22, 1966 a By LYNN EDMUNDS ers)--The 1,300-year-old riddl of who King Arthur really wa an ancient castle here. Relics unearthed in the ruin: of Cadbury Castle, rears | CADBURY, England (Reut- seems closer to solution after recent finds by a team of Brit- ish archeologists on the site of 10 miles Arthur's reputed burial place at Glastonbury Abbey, in costing an estimated £30,000 ($90,000), 'may confirm a e|widely-held view that a daring s|general who taught his soldiers an advanced art of warfare and marshalled them into small cavalry squadrons was the fac- s|tual basis of the Arthurian le- gend. This courageous fighter, de- scribed by the 8th century his- Somerset, give strong PP invaders. Now known archeologist, to the widely-held theory that Arthur was a 6th century Ro- man-British general killed in a jast-ditch stand against Saxon the Camelot research committee, headed by the well- Sir Mor- timer Wheeler, has announced titorian Nenni was killed in battle about 537 AD after 12 successive victories against the Saxons. Glastonbury Abbey is re- garded as his burial place fol- lowing the discovery of two stone crosses there dating from that period and which tally with accounts in the abbey's ancient records. satiated aii ail Archaeologists Uncover What May Be Camelot The romantic tales of gallant knights, cultured women, treas- ure-lagen paiaces anu vinvei- rous jousting have been woven round the deeds of Arthur the warrior until he has become a legendary figure. The life of Arthur's court with its formal code of honor re- flects the chivalrous ideal of the 12th century, A historian of that time placed Arthur the warrior as second in command to a Roman general named Am- brosius. The earliest story of the war- rior as founder of the knightly court, friend of the magician Merlin and husband of the faithless Queen Guinevere, is part of a romantic history of Britain written by Geoffrey of Monmouth in 1147. eee es ere ee eS He helped te spread abroad a legend previously passed down from father to son, gath- ering embellishments on the ee le oe YR a way. Tt became firmly estab- lished in English literature when Sir Thomas Malory pub- Sth century, and Tennyson ree urned to it in his Idylls of the lished his Morte d'Arthur in the|King. LICENSED UNDER LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD OF ONTARIO DANCING 9 - 12 IN THE DINING ROOM Georgian Motor Hotel ENTERTAINMENT NIGHTLY IN THE "Vintage Room" Appearing This Week for Your Leisure Enjoyment plans for a five-year excavation on the castle site wheré 40 vol- unteers this summer found a 5th century bronze cloak, pot- tery, and metalwork. Their finds point to Cadbury Cestle as one of the strongholds defended by Arthur and his band of cavalrymen in 12 suc-} |cessful battles before their de-| feat by the invaders. | SEEK CAMELOT | After decades of searching) and supposition, archeologists | are confident that they are} near to establishing the geo-) graphical site of the legendary Camelot, ruled by Arthur and his knights, whose exploits fired the imagination of both medie- val and modern writers. | "This is more likely to be Camelot than any other site that has been advanced," said Odd-Lookers Sound Fine And Rake In $1 Million ah2 ene By BOB THOMAS dian, Dennis Doherty, 24, of |performances or sheet music|He supervised this summer's *HOLLWOOD (AP)--A year Halifax, a motorcyclist with/(he writes many of the songs).| successful dig. The MOTOR HOTEL Is Very Pleased to ANNOUNCE That It Is Now Under L.C.B.O. Licensing. 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Their melodious, har- monic quality is like a breath of smogiess air amid today's ca- hony. One of the group is a Cana- India Stalls | Jumbo's Trip ? BOMBAY, India (AP) -- Red) tape has delayed the departure| tp Canada of a 22-months-old fe- male elephant, Indira, which the 'ysore state government is giv- to the Ontario Zoological So- ty. Prive, weighing 882 pounds, ved here after a 600-mile p in the back of a truck from lysore, but could not be flown gut that night. % Dr. C. V. Raghavendra Rao, fan elephant specialist with the sore forest department, was ormed by customs officials at Indira could not leave In- without approval from the eral finance ministry. «. The frisky animal now is lik- @y to fly Aug. 26. © Indira will tour Canada and make television appearances be- re settling down in Ontario. . Proceeds from her TV appear- ances will be donated to the My- re government for a scholar- @hip at the International Food esearch and Technological In- #titute there. 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