The article reports that researchers from the University of Leicester have confirmed that remains found underneath a parking lot in Leicester, England are those of England's King Richard III, who died at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485.Gross...
In 2012, a skeleton was excavated at the presumed site of the Grey Friars friary in Leicester, the last-known resting place of King Richard III. Archaeological, osteological and radiocarbon dating data were consistent with these being his remains. Here w
The remains of King Richard III, showing a curved spine and signs of battle trauma. (Image credit: University of Leicester) The body of the lost and vilified English king Richard III has finally been found. Archaeologists announced today (Feb. 4) that bones excavated from underneath a ...
On the 2nd of October 1452, Richard III was born. King Richard III lived a fascinating life and was embroiled in controversy and mystery. The greatest mystery of all being, was he really a villain? There the bones lay, thrown unceremoniously into a hastily dug hole beneath the choir of t...
Richard III was the last English king to be killed in battle, he became one of Shakespeare's most notorious villains, and is one of the few English monarchs whose precise resting place was lost: the mystery surrounding the fate of his remains persisting to the present day. Historical records...
The remains of King Richard III were found by a team of archaeologists from the University of Leicester beneath a city center car park in Leicester in 2012. Credit: University of Leicester "Photogrammetry provides a fantastic analytical tool that allows us to examine the grave from angles that ...
Thesearch, which has entered a third week, has uncovered evidence of human remains – the first time in the search that this is disclosed. The University of Leicester is leading the archaeological search for the burial place of King Richard III with Leicester City Council, in association with ...
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The University of Leicester, as they found and identified the remains of King Richard III. Let the Richard III Society/Richard III Foundation have the final decision, as they work in support of King Richard III. Let Philippa Langley decide, as she was the only one who believed in finding ...
"This archaeological work offers a golden opportunity to learn more aboutmedieval Leicester as well as about Richard III's last resting place — and, if he is found, to re-inter his remains with proper solemnity in Leicester Cathedral," Philippa Langley, a Richard III Society member, said in...