A 500-Year-Old Engraving That Looks Like a Dinosaur Founded in
the 12th century A.D., the Carlisle Cathedral has served as a
meeting place for the people of northwest England for 900 years.
One of the bishops of Carlisle in the 15th century was Richard
Bell. History records that he served in this position for 17
years, resigned in 1495, and died one year later. Bell’s body
was then laid to rest in a tomb along a main aisle inside the
cathedral. So what does all of this have to do with dinosaurs?
On the edge of Bell’s 500-year-old tomb is a narrow strip of
brass on which various animals have been engraved, including a
bird, fish, dog, and pig. Most remarkable, however, is an
engraving of two animals with long necks and long tails.
Although some of the brass engraving is worn due to 500 years of
wear, these curious creatures are clearly of some extinct
animal. In truth, more than any other creature, they resemble
the longneck dinosaurs that once roamed the Earth. What do
critics have to say about the engravings