Search is On to Find King John’s Lost Crown Jewels
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="schema:primaryImageOfPage og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/king-john-crown-jewels.jpg?itok=qr2xYoRV"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/king-john-crown-jewels.jpg?itok=qr2xYoRV" width="610" height="364" alt="King John’s final campaign in 1216 cost him his life and his crown jewels, but there is new hope the priceless treasure will be found again. Source: Charles A. Buchel / Public Domain." /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="schema:description content:encoded"><p>The year is 1216 and King John of England, made famous as the usurper who faced off against Robin Hood, faces open rebellion from his nobles across much of the country. The ailing king is forced to campaign, travelling his kingdom to fight the rebels.</p>
<p>With him travelled his court, his train, and his treasury, including the priceless Crown Jewels of
England. King John would not survive this last campaign, and during his journey his baggage and the
Crown Jewels were also lost, somewhere along his route.</p>
<p>King John’s infamous escapade in 1216 is said to have resulted in the misplacement of the Crown Jewels during his attempt to traverse The Wash estuary in
Norfolk. One of history’s famed hidden treasures, archaeologists are now on a mission to restore and recover the lost booty of the man often thought to be one of England’s worst ever rulers.</p>
<p>Nestled in the Fenlands near Walpole Marsh, researchers have employed LiDAR technology. The location for the search has been carefully chosen, considering what it would have looked like 800 years ago: a vast marshland prone to flooding.</p>
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