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Rediscovering Richard III: Greyfriars Skeleton Revealed as the Last Plantagenet
On February 4, 2013, Leicester University confirmed the identity of the Greyfriars skeleton found in September 2012 as that of Richard III. Natasha Sheldon of History and Archaeology Online was present...
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Richard III and Leicester’s Greyfriars Church: A Historical Detective Story.
In September 2012, archaeologists from Leicester University found bones under a Leicester car park covering the former choir of the Church of the Franciscan order, or Greyfriars. The bones were tested...
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Richard III’s Scoliosis Revealed: Twisted Spine, Not Hunchback
Skeleton of Richard III. Picture Credit: University of Leicester. Used with permission. A new academic paper published in The Lancet on the 30th May 2014 reveals a fascinating insight into the exact...
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The Secrets of the Bones: DNA Analysis and the Search for Richard III
Genealogy and DNA were vital to proving the identity of Richard III when the lost King’s skeleton was rediscovered under the remains of the Greyfriars Priory in Leicester in September 2012. Scientists...
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Richard III: The Question of Identity
“King Richard III, an oblique view looking west.” Picture Credit: Richard Buckley, Mathew Morris, Jo Appleby, Turi King, Deirdre O’Sullivan, Lin Foxhall. Wikimedia Commons On the 26th March 2015, the...
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Egtved Girl: Women and trade in Prehistoric Europe.
In 1921, an extraordinary figure from prehistory re-emerged after 3500 years. Named after her burial place in southern Jutland, Egtved girl was a teenager, buried with rich grave goods including the...
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The Sima de los Huesos Skull: A Victim of Murder?
Analysis of lethal wounds on a skull found at the site of Sima de Los Huesos, Spain, may serve as evidence for one of the first cases of murder in human history, according to a study published in PLOS...
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The Apollo of Gaza: Symptom of A Threatened Past
The closest most archaeologists have come to an examination of the bronze Apollo that re-emerged in the Gaza strip in August 2013 is to squint at the few blurry photographs of the god lying...
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Digging up Hisarlik —Part 1: The Search for Troy
Section of Troy/Hisarlik. Credit: Bibi Saint-Pol. Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain Scholars and historians have long obsessed over finding the ancient site of Troy. According to Homer’s Illiad, the...
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Digging up Hisarlik: Part 2 — The Archaeology of Hisarlik
The history of Hisarlik doesn’t begin and end with the Trojan War. For archaeology has revealed the story of an ancient Anatolian settlement which is fascinating in its own right —whether or not the...
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