Born to a glover in Stratford - upon - Avon in 1564 , William Shakespeare went on to become one of the greatest writers in the English voice communication . Penning poems , sonnet , and plays , his work is widely celebrated for their contemplation on the human condition and geographic expedition of world-wide themes . So influential has he been , that his works have even shaped the English terminology , adding to it over1,700 new Logos . But there is a somewhat more ominous side to the biography – or last – of Shakespeare . It seems thatsomeone has steal his skull .
In 1879 , there was a newspaper report that tomb robbers had dug up the headspring of Shakespeare from his shallow grave in 1794 and made off with his skull as a trophy , but for a foresighted time this taradiddle has been widely displace and regarded as a myth . It now seems that there may have been more trueness in the story than anyone had given it credit for , as after the first archaeologic investigation of the Bard ’s tomb – which is found in Holy Trinity church building in Stratford – they ’ve notice evidence that suggest he might actually be neglect his noggin .
The overlooked grave of William Shakespeare in the Holy Trinity church service , Stratford . David Merret / Flickr CC BY 2.0
The investigator did not want to disturb the grave , which is unmarked except for an unsettling dedication which reads : “ dear booster for Jesus ’ interest forbear , / To savvy the dust enclosed here . / sign be the man that spares these rock , / And cursed be he that go my bones . ” To get around this , they used ground penetrating radiolocation ( GPR ) to peer beneath the stones and get a better melodic theme of how he was forget . The tomb is shallow at just 0.9 beat ( 3 feet ) deep , allowing thescientists to seethat he was n’t interred in a casket , rather just treat in a simple mainsheet . But they also shed light on the grave robber myth .
“ We have Shakespeare ’s entombment with an singular disturbance at the head end and we have a story that suggests that at some point in history someone ’s come in and take in the skull of Shakespeare,”saysKevin Colls , one of the archaeologists from Stafford University who carried out the interrogation . “ It ’s very , very convincing to me that his skull is n’t at Holy Trinity at all . ” Convincing , yes , but not conclusive . Colls admits that this can not 100 percent support the myth , but that it ’s enough to sway him .
The research was carried out as part of a TV program ( circularize in the U.K. at 8 pm GMT , March 26 , on Channel 4 ) in celebration of the 400th day of remembrance of the Bard ’s dying . Despite being moot one of the peachy writers of all clock time , with his works having been translated into over80 speech – evenKlingon – there are still many things about Shakespeare and his life that have remain shroud in closed book , from where he was train to his “ lost geezerhood . ” This research could at least lay one myth to rest .
