REMARKABLE DISCOVERY
OF COFFIN REPUTED 2000 YEARS OLD.
[United Press Association—By Electric , Telegraph.—Copyright.]
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LONDON, March 13
There is considerable speculation in connection with the discovery of a seven feet long stone coffin at Boddington, Surrey, buried to a depth of four feet. It is reputed to he more than two thousand years old. When opened it was found to contain the bones of a complete female skeleton, the- jawbone and teeth being in a wonderful state of preservation. There were fragments of tinted shell glass similar to Samin ware.
It is suggested in one quarter there is the possibility the remains are those of Boadieea,
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 March 1930, Page 5
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