Markus M. Key and Rebecca K. Rossi, which set out to determine the provenance of Jamestown's black "marble" knight's tombstone. What they determined was unexpected, says Prof. Key. "For the past ...

The researchers also tentatively linked the tombstone to an actual knight, Sir George Yeardley, but couldn’t confirm the association. Though it has long been known as a black marble tombstone ...

The oldest known tombstone in America, long believed to have marked the grave of a knight, has a fascinating backstory that's finally been untangled. The tombstone, unearthed in the Chesapeake ...

It aimed to “determine the source of the Jamestown’s black ‘marble’ knight’s tombstone.” “Microfossils” examined from samples of the stone suggest that it was imported from Europe ...

After reviewing the historical evidence, archaeologists deduced that the knight was probably Yeardley. The artifact is often referred to as the black marble knight’s tombstone. But it’s ...

And what other changes did Gatiss make to Nesbit’s source material? In the original tale, the marble knights rise from their church slabs at 11 o clock on All Hallow’s Eve, or Halloween.

and the legend of the village church’s tomb effigies – a pair of marble knights who are said to rise from their slabs on Christmas Eve,” reads the logline. “Jack dismisses this is as mere ...

and the legend of the village church’s tomb effigies - a pair of marble knights who are said to rise from their slabs on Christmas Eve… Jack dismisses this is as mere folklore. But as the ...