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Church leader in Richard III burial controversy receives ‘abusive’ threats from public
The head of historic British church York Minster has contacted police after receiving hate mail, intensifying the row over where the recently-discovered remains of King Richard III should be buried. York lawmaker Hugh Bayley told parliament that the Dean of York, Vivienne Faull, had been caught in the crossfire between…
King Richard III’s face revealed for first time in 500 years
The face of England’s king Richard III was revealed for the first time in more than 500 years on Tuesday following a reconstruction of his skeleton found underneath a carpark. A three-dimensional plastic model has been made from the skull of the king, who was killed in 1485 after just…
Confirmed: Richard III’s skull and skeleton found in British parking garage
British archaelogists hunting for the lost remains of King Richard III on Monday revealed the first image of a battle-scarred skull found at a car park ahead of what they said would be a “major announcement” about their findings. More than five centuries after the mediaeval king was killed in…
King Richard III’s medieval inn recreated by archaeologists
Blue Boar inn rises again in model and digital form, recreated from detailed drawings found in Leicester family’s archives The medieval inn in Leicester where King Richard III slept before riding out to meet his fate at the battle of Bosworth has been recreated by the team of archaeologists and…
Tug-of-war over King Richard III’s bones
A skeleton dug up in a car park has triggered a tug-of-war between two English cities, with the royals, the government and the Church involved — because the bones are thought to be those of king Richard III. In September, archaeologists acting on historical records unearthed a skeleton which has…
Bones under car park hold key to Richard III
Archaeologists and one hopeful relative are anxiously waiting to see if a skeleton dug up from a hole in a car park in Leicester is the remains of the much-maligned King Richard III. More than five centuries after he was killed in the Battle of Bosworth Field by the armies…
Archaeologists may have found bones of King Richard III
Archaeologists hunting for the lost grave of King Richard III under a city centre car park have found human bones, the team carrying out the dig said on Wednesday. Researchers from the University of Leicester in central England have sent the remains for DNA testing to prove whether or not…
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