An international research team led by Dr Turi King from the University of Leicester Department of Genetics provides overwhelming evidence that the skeleton discovered under a car park in Leicester indeed represents the remains ...
Archaeology
Dec 2, 2014
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He was king of England, but for centuries he lay without shroud or coffin in an unknown grave, and his name became a byword for villainy.
Archaeology
Feb 4, 2013
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New film footage revealing for the first time details of the potential killer blow that claimed the life of King Richard III has been released by the University of Leicester.
Archaeology
Feb 12, 2015
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King Richard III likely perished at the hands of assailants who hacked away pieces of his scalp and rammed spikes or swords into his brain as the helmetless monarch knelt in the mud.
Archaeology
Sep 16, 2014
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A recent study by the British Geological Survey, in association with researchers at the University of Leicester, has delved into the bone and tooth chemistry of King Richard III and uncovered fascinating new details about ...
Archaeology
Aug 17, 2014
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An academic paper on the archaeology of the Search for Richard III reveals for the first time specific details of the grave dug for King Richard III and discovered under a car park in Leicester.
Archaeology
May 23, 2013
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The face of England's much-maligned king Richard III was revealed on Tuesday for the first time in 500 years on Tuesday following a reconstruction of his skeleton which was found buried underneath a car park.
Archaeology
Feb 5, 2013
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Has Britain's lost king been found? Later Monday, scientists will announce the results of tests conducted to determine whether a battle-scarred skeleton found under a municipal parking lot in central England belongs to 15th-century ...
Archaeology
Feb 3, 2013
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Archaeologists have uncovered human remains of four of the earliest leaders of the English colony that would become America, buried for more than 400 years near the altar of what was America's first Protestant church in Jamestown, ...
Archaeology
Jul 28, 2015
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The University of Leicester is making a suite of documentary footage available to media and the public ahead of the reburial of King Richard III.
Archaeology
Mar 16, 2015
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