107.9 The River » Bones http://theriver1079.com Casper's Real Rock Variety Wed, 22 May 2013 21:40:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Bones of 15th-Century Monarch King Richard III Found Under Car Park http://theriver1079.com/richard-iii-bones-found-under-car-park/ http://theriver1079.com/richard-iii-bones-found-under-car-park/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:31:38 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://thefw.com/?p=184028 In September, British researchers believed they had made a pretty startling discovery while digging under a car park in Leicester, which is about 100 miles southeast of London.

They had come upon what they thought were the remains of King Richard III, who died fighting the forces of Henry Tudor at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. He is the last English monarch to die during war.

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