[Ansteorra] Remains of Richard III Plantagenet identified

[Tim McDaniel]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-21063882 is the
base (pun intended) article:
"Richard III dig: DNA confirms bones are king's"

They dug in the area of a parking garage and found, first, remains of
what appears to be Greyfriars Church, and second, human remains.  The
man inquestion died in combat and had scoliosis, a kind of curved
spine.  They concluded it was him due to carbon dating, mitochondrial
DNA analysis, and several other lines of reasoning (including that
Richard III was known to have been buried somewhere about the church).

Other articles:
* Bloody last moments of a king
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-21245346
* The twisted bones of Richard III
(pictures of bones)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-21282241
* 'The individual is Richard III' Watch
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21319150
* Where did Richard III go wrong?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-21083005
(Um, maybe by being a rotten bastard even by the standards of 15th C
England?  Failure doesn't help, of course.)

Danett de Lyncoln
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Tim McDaniel, tmcd at panix.com