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Monday, February 4, 2013

Shakespeare didn't lie about Richard III


Turns out the monarch was as deformed as he was made out to be by the master story-teller.

....She described trying to convince archaeologists and officials to approve the dig and how the history-altering discovery was almost missed when one of the funding bodies pulled out and the dig was almost cancelled.


Everyone thought that I was mad. It's not the easiest pitch in the world, to look for a king under a council car park.– Philippa Langley, Richard III Society
Permission was eventually granted to dig up the car park near Grey Friars, believed to be the historical location of the church where Richard III was thought to have been buried after he was killed in the Battle of Bosworth in 1485......

1 comment:

  1. Famous last words

    "A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse"

    chop chop

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