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Learn how the remains of King Richard III, the last English king killed in battle, were found in a car park in Leicester and reinterred in the cathedral. See the evidence, the controversy and the ceremony of his reburial in 2015.
Mar 22, 2015 · Skeleton of Richard III found under English parking lot in August 2012. Remains have been examined and researched, yielding some surprising discoveries
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Richard III was 32 when he died. The complete skeleton, showing the curve of the spine. Overall, the skeleton is quite slender for a man but there is no skeletal evidence for the limp or withered arm favoured by authors such as Sir Thomas More or William Shakespeare.
Mar 22, 2016 · Explore the online reconstruction of the king's skeleton and grave, found under a parking lot in Leicester in 2012. Learn about the archeological discoveries and insights into Richard's life and death from the original excavators.
Aug 16, 2022 · Learn how the bones of the last Plantagenet king were found in a Leicester car park in 2015 and how DNA and carbon dating proved they belonged to Richard III. Explore the history, the mystery and the legacy of the king who was buried in a car park.
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Feb 4, 2013 · 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 parking lot in Leicester,...
The skeleton of Richard III was recovered in September 2012 from the centre of the choir, shown by a small blue dot. The excavators found Greyfriars Church by 5 September 2012 and two days later announced that they had found Robert Herrick's garden, where the memorial to Richard III stood in the early 17th century.
