Evidence of Merlin's grave unearthed in Scotland: Was King Arthur's wizard adviser real?

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Evidence of Merlin's grave unearthed in Scotland: Was King Arthur's wizard adviser real?
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of the legendary wizard’s death in Drumelzier between the 6th and 7th centuries — and the findings could change the way we tell Merlin’s tale.

According to Vita Merlini Sylvestris, a medieval manuscript dedicated to the life of Merlin, the wizard was said to have been imprisoned, killed and buried on the banks of river Tweed in Drumelzier.A new geological survey of the region, near the site of Tinnis Castle, detected a grave-like pit.

The results of the study two years in the making were published last week in Archeology Reports Online. Their discovery helps “ a much darker picture” of the wise and revered Arthurian figure, said Toolist. “That of a rather pitiful fellow prone to uttering nonsensical riddles and bewildering prophecies, and kept prisoner by an obscure petty tyrant of a forgotten kingdom, before dying a gruesome death, the victim of royal intrigue.

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