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Taking the fun out of Archaeology

21/9/2012

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With old tricky dicky being a hot topic right now, I've had the dubious delight of explaining a few times that they haven't found his 'tomb', they won't have found him laid out in crown, weapons, armour, robes... (badge saying "Hello I'm Richard III, How may I slaughter you?") and they may never be quite able to pull off the DNA tests as they can sometimes be difficult to pin down with certainty.

For some reason, explaining this disappoints people.

3 Comments

NorthLass

21/9/2012 04:22:02 pm

A further set of disarticulated human remains was also found in what is believed to be the presbytery of the lost church of the Grey Friars. These remains are female, and, therefore certainly not Richard III.

The Attendant

26/9/2012 12:08:19 pm

One would hope not, unless there's a pretty huge secret going on somewhere!

Lex-Kat

7/7/2017 03:10:10 am

Well, Richard actually died at age 2. He was then replaced by another baby, but the closest one to his looks was a little girl.

She was then raised believing that <I>she</I> was Richard. This is, of course, why Richard III never had children of her own. To do so would have exposed the truth.

Oh wait! That was Queen Elizabeth I. She died young and was replaced by a boy. Sorry for the confusion.

Taking the fun out of Archaeology

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