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Richard III's remains: Leicester car park dug up
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Posted August 24, 2012 at 8:34AM
I didn't know council car parks dated back so far...
He wasn't the most pleasant of kings that we had.
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Posted August 24, 2012 at 8:47AM
The ancient King is famously remembered to this very day in Cockney rhyming slang parlance.
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Posted August 24, 2012 at 8:58AM
As epitomised in the Two Ronnies sketch circa 1976...
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Posted August 24, 2012 at 9:15AM
Living in Leicester I suppose we should be grateful it's not DeMonfort University that are digging up the carpark,given their apparent desire to take over every possible piece of land in that area by building on it.
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Posted August 24, 2012 at 9:45AM
Another huge commitment for the Met and the army, a Royal funeral at Winsor!
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Posted August 24, 2012 at 10:32AM
I wonder if this is what really happened in 1485 at Bosworth...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvXKukgk034
It's funny that one of the actors in that scene (Tony Robinson...who plays Baldrick) is now the presenter of the popular archaeology TV programme on Channel 4.
I hope they do a 'special' on the 'Royal Dig'.
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Posted August 24, 2012 at 2:09PM
You would have thought that any graves or bones would have been removed before building the car park.
I will agree with Aitchbee get the Time Team on the job and televise it.Engrossing viewing I must have watched all of their televised digs in the past.
Their chances of finding him probably nil but you never know.
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Posted August 24, 2012 at 4:22PM
I wonder whose DNA they will use to confirm any finds
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Posted August 24, 2012 at 5:16PM
Condom
There was a program on tv about a couple of months ago where they find your ancestors for you.
The chap that was on it was a well known rower I believe for the uk,
They traced his ancestors way back to King John and King Richard.
They went further back to Kane and able and on to Jesus himself I believe.
Lots of others in between.I don't think he could believe what he was hearing.
They may event get the DNA from him.
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Posted August 24, 2012 at 5:22PM
Looks like I got the names of Kings etc a bit wrong.Bottom part of this will put you right.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/whodoyouthinkyouare/past-stories/matthew-pinsent.shtml
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Posted August 24, 2012 at 5:23PM
They (the archaeologists) might find traces of decayed organic materials like leather shoes or belts or other artefacts...from the 15th century using carbon-dating techniques (to verify the approximate decade/century)...but DNA identification of human remains ( and proving that they belong to King Richard III ) seem impossible [to me].
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