My kingdom for a horse

[gary]

University of Leicester experts confirm in press conference that
bones found do belong to Richard III beyond reasonable doubt.

Carbon dating and DNA back claim.

BBC story here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...shire-21063882

[ZeroID (Brent)]

He must owe quite a bit in Parking fees ...

Wonder he wasn't towed away

[Barrykgerdes]

Interesting piece from history. Practically everything we know about Richard 111 comes from Shakespear's play. This may or may not be accurate but judging from the time it was written Shakespear's research could have raked up personal facts from witnesses that would have never been included in the recorded history (political correctness is not a new vice)

Barry

[goober (Doug)]

Funny, we hardly know anything about Shakespeare himself, and his "histories" are very dodgy, so let's not go there. There is a lot of contemporary material on the Wars of the Roses, yet strangely little on Bosworth itself.

Stunning result for archeology, recovering and identifying the remains of Richard. If we can just find James II now ... (no chance).

[wavelandscott (Scott)]

Interesting story and result

[MortonH]

Fascinating story.

[PCH (Paul)]

Gary,

wow, what a fascinating find. I'm a real history fan, so this is of particular interest to me.

Thanks for sharing

[kustard (Simon)]

I heard about this on the radio this morning, very cool

Cheers,
Simon

[michaellxv (Michael)]

Originally Posted by goober

Funny, we hardly know anything about Shakespeare himself, and his "histories" are very dodgy, so let's not go there. There is a lot of contemporary material on the Wars of the Roses, yet strangely little on Bosworth itself.

Stunning result for archeology, recovering and identifying the remains of Richard. If we can just find James II now ... (no chance).

Everything you ever wanted to know about him is here.

But yes, it is amazing what is still just below the surface it very populated areas waiting to be discovered.

[LewisM]

Originally Posted by michaellxv

Everything you ever wanted to know about him is here.

But yes, it is amazing what is still just below the surface it very populated areas waiting to be discovered.

Or above surface...

My father and mother lived in PNG for many years while Dad flew for TAA Sunbird Services on the DC3. They lived in Rabaul and Lae. When they were in Rabaul, one of their airline friends cleared a patch of scrub/rainforest behind their house. Only found a Mitsubishi Zero...

It was palleted up and is now in the USA - FLYING!

[AstralTraveller (David)]

Originally Posted by LewisM

Or above surface...

My father and mother lived in PNG for many years while Dad flew for TAA Sunbird Services on the DC3. They lived in Rabaul and Lae. When they were in Rabaul, one of their airline friends cleared a patch of scrub/rainforest behind their house. Only found a Mitsubishi Zero...

It was palleted up and is now in the USA - FLYING!

Bet Richard III would have loved one of those. Much better than a bogged horse.

[Varangian (John)]

Great find, amazing really and a rare occurrence in archaeology for all the pieces to come together like this (pardon the pun).

I remember excavating a tribal leader with a colleague at Kow Swamp in North Victoria in the late 1990s. The relatively articulated skeleton had kangaroo teeth imbedded in its skull like some kind of skull ring and was buried in a sitting position so we hapened to trowel down to the crania first and located the sagittal crest. The remains were taken to Muesum Victoria and repatriated to the Aboriginal community in the early 2000s. The community held a smoking ceremony and reburied the remains on country.

Times have changed for Australian archaeology and it is now illegal to excavate human remains that are thought to be Aboriginal. You have to call the Coroner, Police and Aboriginal Affairs etc. immediately when any human remains are suspected. Due to cultural senstivities this process is no longer practiced in Australia.

It is a truly amazing experience as an archaeologist to excavate human remains, particularly an important person and they do not come much more important than an English King.

Next, Alexander the Great's body!