Abbot’s kneecap returned 70 years after it was taken from 13th century grave

A kneecap belonging to an Abbot at a medieval British abbey has been returned by the widow of a man who stole it from an excavation site on the premises as a child. George Box, who died last year, was 11 when he swiped the bone while on a school trip to Glastonbury Abbey in the summer of 1956, according to a statement from the abbey.During the process of sorting through his belongings and arranging to bring his ashes back to the U.K. to spread them where he grew up, his wife also planned to return the bone to its original resting place. 5:39 Parks Canada archaeologists unearth rare shipwreck findings at Sable Island National Park Reserve Story continues below advertisement “While visiting the abbey, George had noticed a large archaeological excavation taking place. As no one was around, he managed to pick up a piece of medieval floor tile and a piece of bone (a kneecap, in fact) from an opened tomb,” the abbey said in a news release. Get breaking National news Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won't miss a trending story. As a child, George never told anyone he took the bone or the tile, or that when he moved to Australia in the 1970s, he brought...