Richard III's remains: Leicester car park dug up

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from the Telegraph...
Hunt for Richard III: woman's skeleton found by archaeologists

Mystery surrounds the identity of a woman's skeleton found by archaeologists searching for the remains of King Richard III.
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from the BBC...
Richard III dig: Results expected in January

Archaeologists who discovered a skeleton thought to be Richard III have said it could be January before tests confirm whether it is the former king.
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And the DNA tests now reveal that it is indeed Richard III!! :mrgreen:
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Helen-Healing wrote:And the DNA tests now reveal that it is indeed Richard III!! :mrgreen:
Indeed! Here is the link to the BBC report...
Richard III dig: DNA confirms bones are king's

A skeleton found beneath a Leicester car park has been confirmed as that of English king Richard III.
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Richard III burial 'should not be finders keepers'

The reburial of remains of Richard III should not be the subject of a "finders, keepers agreement", York Outer MP Julian Sturdy has argued.
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Battle rages over bones of England's Richard III

King Richard III is at the center of a new fight over the location of his final resting place, just weeks after the remains of the last English king to die in battle were found underneath a council car park.
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Richard III buried in 'hastily dug untidy grave'

The remains of King Richard III, which were discovered under a car park, were buried in a "hastily dug, untidy grave", researchers have revealed.
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from the BBC...
Richard III site in Leicester to be excavated again

Archaeologists who made the startling discovery of the body of Richard III in a Leicester car park are returning later to start a new dig.
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Distant relatives of Richard III have been granted permission for a judicial review of the decision to rebury the king's remains in Leicester.
Reported by the BBC website
Leicester Cathedral has begun a £1m rebuilding project to accommodate the king's tomb while the city council plans to build a £4m visitor centre commemorating his life.
However, the Plantagenet Alliance want the king to be laid to rest in York Minster.
Mr Justice Haddon-Cave said he would grant the review "on all grounds" but warned the parties against beginning an "unseemly, undignified and unedifying" legal tussle.
He urged the parties to "avoid embarking on the legal Wars of the Roses part 2".
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They now say he suffered from roundworms!
We will never know if he had a 'dry cough'.
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A new design for Richard III's tomb has been revealed by Leicester Cathedral.
Story, complete with graphics, can be found here, courtesy of the BBC website
the process has been complicated by a legal challenge from a group of distant relatives of the king, who call themselves the Plantagenet Alliance.
They want to see the remains placed in York, where Richard had strong links, and last month won a judicial review of the licence that says he should go to Leicester.
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Richard III burial petition for Leicester hits 34,000 signatures, beating the opposition by 3,040 votes!

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Even more interesting...! From Mysterious Universe...
To be Richard or Not to be Richard

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The University of Leicester’s 2013 declared DNA match between the remains and a descendant on the king’s maternal side is being contested by Michael Hicks, head of the history department at Winchester University and archaeologist Martin Biddle, emeritus fellow of medieval archaeology at the University of Oxford.
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Archaeologist Prof. Howard Williams of the University of Chester criticises the recent excavation of Richard the Third...

What is truly wrong about digging up Richard III

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