Richard lll

[the_great_she_elephant]

Richard III died in battle after losing helmet, new research shows

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/sep/16/richard-iii-died-battle-losing-helmet-new-research

And although he wasn't exactly the hunchback portrayed by Shakespeare, apparently he did suffere from severe scoliosis

[kilroy_is_here]

Didn't the channel 2 air a documentary on this done by the BBC and that small bloke who dose the history thing , didn't they find his body in a car park or something

[karliandjacko]

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@kilroy_is_here wrote:
Didn't the channel 2 air a documentary on this done by the BBC and that small bloke who dose the history thing , didn't they find his body in a car park or something

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They did find his body in a car park or something.  Don't know about a documentary or channel 2 (is that ABC?) but the article reads like they have since examined the body and determined that he died from blows to the head and that he must have lost his helmet first.

They also stated that he must have still had his armour on due to the lack of injury on other parts of the body, including the arms.

[kilroy_is_here]

Wished I could remember the name of the doco it was extremely interesting

[***super_nova***]

I watched it too, wish I could say I remember the details, but hey, that is what wikipedia is for 🙂  The program was Channel 4 documentary, Richard III: The King in the Car Park

.  The exhumation of Richard III of England from his burial place within the former Greyfriars Friary Church in the city of Leicester, England, took place in September 2012.  A search for Richard's body began in August 2012, initiated by Philippa Langley of the Richard III Society. The dig was led by the University of Leicester working in partnership with Leicester City Council.  On 4 February 2013, the University of Leicester confirmed that the skeleton was Richard's.

[flashie*]

Kilroy............ I thought it might have been Tony Robinson..............but no.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/tony-robinson-20-years-time-1749919

[kilroy_is_here]

That's who I was think of , just goes to show I watch to much tv

[kilroy_is_here]

Supa that's the one

[rabbitearbandicoot]

kilroy, you owe me 3 computer screens.

[the_great_she_elephant]

I thin they were fairly sure before they started that his remains were going to be somwhere under the car park - there had apparently been a church there where he was said to have been buried, - but finding him in the first trench they dug ws pure luck.

They did DNA testing on the skeleton and also on one of Richard's known descendants (or a known descendant of the family, I'm not sure which)  to prove it really was him; and of course the spine told its own story.