Radar probe to zero in on tomb of King Henry I starts in U.K. [World History
- Survey work using ground-penetrating radar equipment to find the tomb of King Henry I who is believed to be buried at Reading Abbey has started.
- The Hidden Abbey Project hopes to uncover the high altar where the king and Queen Adeliza are buried.
- The survey is the first comprehensive archaeological investigation at Reading Abbey for more than 150 years.
- Henry I, son of William the Conqueror, founded Reading Abbey in 1121.
- After his death in Normandy in December 1135, his body was brought to Reading sewn into a bull’s hide. The monarch was laid to rest in January 1136.
- The abbey was partly destroyed during the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII but there is no definite record of what happened to Henry I’s remains.