Shakespeare's Richard III Buried in a UK Parking Lot?

The Times of India ^ | Aug 27, 2012

[nickcarraway]

Archaeologists may have solved the puzzle of where the English king Richard III, immortalized by Shakespeare in his play is buried as they have started digging a car park in Leicester for his lost remains. The University of Leicester, Leicester City Council and the Richard III Society have joined forces to search for the grave of Richard III, thought to be under a parking lot for city council offices.

The team will use ground-penetrating radar to search for the ideal spots to dig. "This archaeological work offers a golden opportunity to learn more about medieval Leicester as well as about Richard III's last resting place," Philippa Langley, a Richard III Society member, said. Richard III was King of England from 1483 to 1485. He died during the Battle of Bosworth Field during the War of the Roses. Shakespeare penned 'Richard III', a play about the tragic king, approximately 100 years later.

[stylecouncilor]

ping

[onedoug]

Richard III’s bones, okay. Just don’t mess with Shakespeare’s.

[SunkenCiv]

[snip] “This archaeological work offers a golden opportunity to learn more about medieval Leicester as well as about Richard III’s last resting place,” Philippa Langley, a Richard III Society member, said. [/snip]

interesting further information:

[snip] In 2004, as part of her research, Langley visited Leicester, where it was rumoured the king was buried on the site of the old Greyfriars monastery. Her trip proved fruitless but then, as she was about to leave, she noticed a car park with a private barrier across it and felt “an overwhelming urge” to go inside. “In the second parking bay, I just felt I was walking on his grave,” Langley says calmly in the hotel pub where we meet. “I can’t explain it.” A year later, she went back to test her hunch (no pun intended) and the feeling returned. This time, someone had hand-painted the letter “R” over the parking bay to mark it as reserved. For Langley, it was a cosmic sign that “I needed to get on with it”. She raised £34,000 for a two-week dig, more than half of which was donated by the Richard III Society. She then pitched the programme idea to C4. With the help of Leicester City Council and academics from the University of Leicester, Langley dug out the car park. And there, just as she had predicted, were the remains of Richard III. [/snip]

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/dec/08/philippa-langley-richard-third-car-park