Is King Arthur & The Holy Grail Buried Under Glastonbury? | Legendary Locations

Josh Gates explores two of the biggest legends behind Glastonbury; the resting place of King Arthur and the location of the Holy Grail. What evidence is there to prove either true and where did these legends come from?

From Season 2 Episode 1.

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[Goodywloss]

Drive 3 hours east of London…. You’ll be in the sea….. Glastonbury is west!!’n

[sleepyheadsleeps]

I would not put any faith in this guy finding anything if he thinks Somerset is East of London.

[petrovonoccymro]

No mate. He was a Welsh king and, not surprisingly, is buried in Wales.

[coolnegative]

The best Arthurian book series ever is The Pendragon Cycle by Stephen Lawhead. It actually starts with Merlin's father Taliesin.

[pawelsawicki]

I was there b4 anyone whom came there, no one was around when I got there, it was a very special Time then!!! I was there at an early time!!!!

[einienj]

The story of King Arthur is just like the bible.. mix of fact and fiction..

[NicholasMcClure]

Celts thought it an entrance to the Otherworld - not Underworld.

[Americanbadashh]

It should be noted the first mention of Joeseph being the one who came to England with the grail is from the 1300's.

200 years after King Arthur and his quest for the Holy Grail was written. It may very well be that the tale of King Arthur, was adopted into the Christian lore of the area after a while.

[scott]

The holy grail was the cup at the last dinner, not a cannibalistic blood container. Read. Just read.

[bowerfilms]

"Dissolution of the monasteries? I'll just bung in some footage of knights from 400 years earlier."

[mikesey]

Glastonbury is not "a sleepy village" and there are no cobblestones anywhere.
The Isle of Avalon is not just the Tor, it's also the three other hills nearby on a raised area, an island rising from the flat land around. This is typical American rubbish, which has little knowledge of British history. Its faults are too numerous to mention, but one thing stands out: there is no evidence at all of anything suggesting pagan worship before Christianity, in this area, and it furthers the myth that Christianity suppressed pagan worship, rather than absorbed it. Christianity was the driving force here since very early times.

[bwanaminoplis]

I don´t know why people are looking for the Holy Grail in a place where is known that it isn´t there.
The Holy Grail is just on the place where everybody told (Wagner, Troyes...) "The North of the Gothic Spain"
In it is just like the tales told : a golden cup covered with jewells
And was owned by the person that the tales told : an unmarried princess.
The Holy Grail is the Chalice of Princess Urraca ( an onyx bowl of I Century BC, in The basilique of San Isidoro in León, covered with gold and jewells, and owned by Princess Urraca of Leon, who never got married)

[sleepyheadsleeps]

I thought Cornwall was home to King Arthur.

[dedcult]

Round of applause for nobody being credited, is not being contacted this had aired or when it was going to, and throwing us deep into the sea on the eastern borders. We were looking for a Holy Grail but I suppose things took a turn and they wanted us to be search for Atlantis under the waves lmfao. It takes 15 minutes to correctly describe where a location is and some knowledge of geography, but yeah, if they were having us looking for it with these mistakes they’re definitely never gunna find anything. Comedy, pure comedy. Not very good adventurers. Would’ve been cool to of been emailed you aired it as we were out there all day working and people had to pay extra money to get the piercings that had to be taken out re-pierced due to taking them out. Are there any credits somewhere or? Lmao

[mollymillions]

Obviously neither is buried anywhere as they both originate from works of fiction.

[wesleyledbetter]

Don't be stupid y'all all they bodies have been found ""from King Arthur, to Guinevere, to King Alfred, Bishop hudman, Edward the elder, and so on .... They knew where all of them was ...

[kaioliverbohnke]

I think the remains of Arthur and Guinevere have been sold in small pieces for a high profit.

[joeswampdawghenry]

Perhaps arthur is among us.. As is Myrrdin - © 2023 k.o.f.

[DavidTatum-ezwo]

WHAT.. is your name? WHAT.. is your quest? WHAT... is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

[benziescha]

A little elaboration is needed here and there, especially if there was a battle between the pagans and Christians, given the pagan worshipping area had been usurped....