They found Richard the third under a parking lot!

[Freedomelf]

It's been on the news all day; Richard the third's bones were found under a parking lot. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/05/world/europe/richard-the-third-bones.html?_r=0

The town of Leicester wants to build a visitor center and house his bones near the cathedral there. Others say he should be buried with other kings in Westminster Abbey.

I wonder if the two sides will fight about this. Some also believe that they will be able to vindicate Richard's terrible reputation. It should be interesting to historical buffs, like me.

 

[Freedomelf]

I hope this is in the correct forum; I didn't see any other that might fit until after I posted it.

 

[Riverwolf]

LONG LIVE THE KI- oh, wait. :run:
sorry, I couldn't help it

Current events would probably be a better section. Want me to move it?

 

[Caladan]

I've been following this for a while now, I'm doing my MA with Leicester's archaeology department which lead this successful quest for identifying Richard III. DNA identification of a person who was killed over 500 years ago is pretty exciting. Now lets see if they can find the burial place of King Alfred! confirming a skeleton which is over a thousand years old is much trickier!

 

[Iti oj]

Yeah I heard about this. Big discovery. Should be fun to watch what we learn from this

 

[Alceste]

I heard about this on the CBC - great interview with one of the researchers. They apparently used mitochondrial DNA from the teeth and (in part) verified his identity with the help of the last surviving maternal descendants. (In Canada, woot).

 

[BSM1]

I bet he got drunk and passed out. The rest is history.

 

[Riverwolf]

I bet he got drunk and passed out. The rest is history.

No, we actually do know how he was killed: in battle.

 

[Ouroboros]

What the heck was he doing under the parking lot? He didn't even have a car!

 

[Freedomelf]

Whatever you think best, River, is fine with me.

 

[Freedomelf]

I've been following this for a while now, I'm doing my MA with Leicester's archaeology department which lead this successful quest for identifying Richard III. DNA identification of a person who was killed over 500 years ago is pretty exciting. Now lets see if they can find the burial place of King Alfred! confirming a skeleton which is over a thousand years old is much trickier!

Oh, I would love that! These things are so exciting, at least to me! (Okay, I have no life, lol.)

 

[Quagmire]

What the heck was he doing under the parking lot? He didn't even have a car!

"A horse!! A horse!!! My kingdom for a. . .oh wait, what are these things?"

 

[Ouroboros]

"A horse!! A horse!!! My kingdom for a. . .oh wait, what are these things?"

Horseless carriages! It must be the devil's work!

 

[Twilight Hue]

Paved paradise......put up a parking lot.

 

[Riverwolf]

Okay, moved to current events, with a redirect.

 

[Riverwolf]

Oh, I would love that! These things are so exciting, at least to me! (Okay, I have no life, lol.)

Well, you're not alone. ^_^

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

York has a better claim to him as they were his people.
He had a much better claim to the throne than Henry, who's claim was tenuous indeed.
Henry had far greater reason to Kill the princes in the tower as their claim to the throne totally demolished his. while they were no threat to Richards claim at all.

It was a case of the winner writing the history.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Is that the one with the eight wives, or the one who started that one war?

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

Is that the one with the eight wives, or the one who started that one war?

Henry Vll father of Henry Vlll
He defeater Richard lll and ended the wars of the roses and founded the Tudor dynasty. He claimed the right to the throne through his wife.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Henry Vll father of Henry Vlll
He defeater Richard lll and ended the wars of the roses and founded the Tudor dynasty. He claimed the right to the throne through his wife.

So that show The Tudors is real?