"Man, when's the last time 'Richard III' was trending? Tewkesbury?" wrote GristList editor Jess Zimmerman, referring to a 1471 battle in the War of the Roses in which a young Richard played a role. That ongoing civil war would take Richard III's life
LEICESTER, England -- 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. On Monday, scientists announced they had rescued the
It's official: the human remains found under a parking lot in Leicester, England, belong to Richard III. That's the word from University of Leicester archaeologists, who on Feb. 4 said that DNA evidence, radiocarbon dating, and
I'm sorry but it doesn't,†said Phillippa Langley, a member of the Richard III Society and the person who first started the search for the monarch's remains. “He's very handsome. It's like you could just talk to him, have a conversation with him right
The next dig comes after the remains of Richard III were found under a car park in Leicester. The University of Winchester is seeking permission from a diocesan advisory panel of the Church of England, which will consult English Heritage, and a judge
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