• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPM
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    1 day ago

    Arthur probably didn’t exist. Guinevere certainly didn’t. Even if they did, there’s no reason to assume any particular location would be the location of their tombs.

    Plus, according to the legend, Arthur’s supposed to be alive and in the mystical island of Avalon, waiting until he is needed to return and become king again. These guys needed to look up their Geoffrey of Monmouth.

    Basically, it would be like digging to find the tomb of Uncle Sam and his wife.

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      Basically, it would be like digging to find the tomb of Uncle Sam and his wife.

      I just had the most amazing idea for a post-apocalyptic roleplay campaign.

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        Fun fact, he was actually right in the original version — there hasn’t been a queen of England since 1707, when the kingdoms of England and Scotland were replaced with one kingdom of Great Britain