Shakespeare’s grave radar scanned in UK for hidden secrets

• Eastern Eye Staff
• 07 March, 2016

By: Eastern Eye Staff

WILLIAM Shakespeare’s grave at a church in a town in the UK has been scanned using high-tech radar to unearth hidden secrets about the world’s most famous playwright. The probe forms part of the UK-wide commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the Bard’s death, who lies buried at the Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon, the town of his birth in the West Midlands region of England. Radar scans are most commonly used in graveyards to detect unmarked or previously unknown graves, allowing experts to find coffins and learn details about their size, shape and material they are made from. In…

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