Sentence Correction

Now generally regarded as forgery, the Kensington Rune Stone, a 90-kilogram slab of inscribed rock discovered in Minnesota in 1898, was said to have recorded an encounter between Native Americans and Norse explorers in 1362 and thus was cited as evidence that Europeans explorers in 1362 and thus was cited as evidence that Europeans explored North America in pre- Columbian times.

A) was said to have recorded an encounter between Native Americans and Norse explorers in 1362 and thus was cited as evidence that Europeans explorers in 1362 and thus was cited as evidence that Europeans explored

B) was said to record an encounter between Native Americans and Norse explorers in 1362, thus being cited as evidence for Europeans exploration of

C) said to have recorded an encounter between Native Americans and Norse explorers in 1362, and thus cited as evidence for Europeans exploration of

D) which was said to record an encounter between Native Americans and Norse explorers in 1362, and thus cited as evidence that Europeans explored

E) which, said to have recorded an encounter between Native Americans and Norse explorers in 1362, was thus cited as evidence for Europeans exploring

OAA

Please explain.

Many thanks in advance.

Kavin