Η αρχαιολόγος Κάρολαϊν Ραν (Caroline Rann), με τα υπόλοιπα μέλη της ομάδας ανασκαφών του Γουόργουϊκσαϊρ (Warwickshire), ανακάλυψαν ένα μεσαιωνικό χάλκινο σήμα, 800 ετών, στο Κόβεντρι (Coventry) της Αγγλίας.
Σε αυτό απεικονίζονται τρεις λέοντες-σύμβολα του εμβλήματος του Βασιλείου της Αγγλίας. ''Ήταν θαμμένο για εκατοντάδες χρόνια και το γεγονός ότι ήρθε τώρα στην επιφάνεια μπορεί να είναι οιωνός ότι η Αγγλία θα καταφέρει να φτάσει μέχρι το τέλος στο Παγκόσμιο Κύπελλο'', δήλωσε μεταξύ άλλων η Ραν, για την ποδοσφαιρική ομάδα της χώρας της που αγωνίζεται στη Νότιο Αφρική.
The F.A. Badge
English version
An archaeologist who found a medieval badge featuring the England football team's three lions logo hopes it will prove a good World Cup omen.
The copper piece was found in the ground last week in a stone wall in Coventry by Caroline Rann. The badge, thought to be from a horse's harness, is believed to date from the 13th Century.
Ms Rann found the badge as she investigated a medieval stone wall in Parkside. She said it had become lodged between sandstone blocks and it may have fallen in while the wall was being built.
"This has been hidden for hundreds of years and for it to appear now has to be a sign that England will go all the way in the World Cup," she said. It is very pretty and you can see clearly the three lions on it", she said.
The three lions emblem was first used by King Henry II (1154-89) who added a third lion to the previous coat of arms which only had two.
This continued until 1340 when the royal coat of arms was quartered with those of France in order to back up King Edward III's claim to the French throne.
This continued until 1340 when the royal coat of arms was quartered with those of France in order to back up King Edward III's claim to the French throne.
Πηγές / Sources: Ethnos, B.B.C.
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