Posted on 08/26/2012 5:30:48 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Richard III’s bones, okay. Just don’t mess with Shakespeare’s.
[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
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