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id Camelot, King Arthur, Queen Guinevere and Lancelot actually exist as legend has it or, are these just characters in the troubadour's tale and the historical characters someone else entirely?

In 1191, in an old burial ground south of the Lady Chapel, the monks of Glastonbury Abbey unearthed a dug out oak coffin containing the remains of two skeletons.  The one was of a tall man whose skull bore marks of a severe blow; the other was the lighter bones of a woman.  A leaden cross was found on top of the grave.  The Latin inscription HIC JACET SEPULTUS INCLITUS REX ARTHURIUS CUM WENNEVERIA UXORE SUA SECUNA IN INSULA AVALLONIA translates as, 'Here lies buried the renowned King Arthur with Guinevere, his second wife, in the Isle of Avalon.'

    Was it really Arthur who was buried there?  Or could it have been Lancelot—resting at last, and for eternity—with Gwenhwyfar?