A squad of archaeologistshas announcedthat the remains of a body found beneath a parking lot in the urban center of Leicester , UK , in fact go to ancient English King Richard III . You know , the one who died over 500 years ago .
In a press conference hold this morning , researchers at the University of Leicester claimed that DNA examination hasenabled them to identifythe skeleton as Richard III “ beyond sensible incertitude . ” When the physical structure was found last twelvemonth , its curved spine and battle wound were believed to be consistent with historical accounts of Richard III ’s death in 1485 . Additionally , the car park was close to where his body was conceive to have been buried , and anecdotal grounds was already in shoes .
But skill , unsurprisingly , sealed the lot . First , high - resolution micro - CT aesculapian imaging was used to canvass the skeleton . It showed that ten lesion stomach by the body were received before destruction — suggesting it was n’t a frame that had been monkey with — and confirmed grounds of scoliosis and fight - field psychic trauma all “ extremely consistent ” withRichard ’s ultraviolent life and death .
Then , using wireless carbon copy geological dating , the team was able-bodied to ascertain that the organic structure dated back to the fifteenth century , and belonged to somebody who had been age between late 20s and early 30s at death . Once again , that equate up with accounts of Richard III ’s life history . ultimately , though , a desoxyribonucleic acid analytic thinking was undertaken to confirm the findings . The researchers explain :
After deliberate digging from the Greyfriars site , the skull , the low jaw and one femur ( second joint pearl ) from the skeleton in the cupboard were station for good - keeping in the clear room in the University ’s Space Research Centre – usually used for the construction of spacecraft component . Due to their preservation , the teeth offer the proficient hope of intact mtDNA but the femur was keep as a back - up source .
compare deoxyribonucleic acid from the cadaver to that from four live manly descendants of Richard III let the researchers to “ triangulate ” the samples — and ultimately confirm that the torso belonged to the business leader , “ beyond reasonable doubt . ” Quite an impressive finding , conceive the body was excavate from a parking lot . [ Leicester UniversityviaBBC ]
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