Author Topic: King Richard III's remains found. (Read 779 times)

fawkes.. · February 04, 2013, 05:00:08 AM

"beyond reasonable doubt the individual exhumed at Grey Friars on September 12th is indeed Richard III, the last Plantagenet king of England"

King Richard III was the king of England for 2 years until he died at the battle of Bosworth, which ended the War Of The Roses. Shakespeare wrote a tragedy about him and he's well known for apparently murdering two princes in the Tower of London, so that he could become king.

Anyway, last September remains of a skeleton where found during an excavation of an old monastery/church site under a car-park in Leicester. It was believed to be King Richard, scientists studied the bones and also matched the DNA from the skeleton to that of one of Richards descendants to confirm (beyond reasonable doubt) that it is him!

The remains are over 500 years old.
You can read more about it;
Here
And here

I just found this pretty interesting, anyway, discuss!

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Fauly · February 04, 2013, 05:03:01 AM

stupid king richard
the sequels are never as good as the original

Port · February 04, 2013, 06:12:15 AM

hey look we found a corpse yay

Eepos2 · February 04, 2013, 06:22:04 AM

Richard was a richard.
.. his ribcage looks bent.

Tonkka� · February 04, 2013, 06:44:57 AM

Quote from: Eepos2 on February 04, 2013, 06:22:04 AM

Richard was a richard.

Hilarious.

Stocking · February 04, 2013, 07:29:58 AM

Cubelands you're english has vastly improved since your last topic!

SpreadsPlague · February 04, 2013, 07:59:56 AM

Quote from: Stocking on February 04, 2013, 07:29:58 AM

Cubelands you're english has vastly improved since your last topic!

cannot tell if on purpose or yours just got worse

Gojira · February 04, 2013, 08:28:23 AM

Quote from: Stocking on February 04, 2013, 07:29:58 AM

Cubelands you're english has vastly improved since your last topic!

>implying this is cubelands
unless that's the joke

IkeTheGeneric · February 04, 2013, 09:48:36 AM

loving richard lol

just like that guy to be found under a parking lot

knew him back in the day... what a TEASE

fred da kiko · February 04, 2013, 10:50:25 AM

Quote from: Gojira on February 04, 2013, 08:28:23 AM

>implying this is cubelands
unless that's the joke

She was joking about how cubelands always reports on random stuff.

sir dooble · February 04, 2013, 01:05:01 PM

Quote from: fred da kiko on February 04, 2013, 10:50:25 AM

She was joking about how cubelands always reports on random stuff.

Except this isn't random stuff and is infact a modern day historical discovery.
This is the body of a long lost King of England.

You don't find those every day.
And if you want a reason to care for this, beyonds the fact that it's significant as English history, then consider the fact that if Richard III hadn't died in battle, the Tudor family may never have claimed the throne and Henry VIII would never become King.
Which would mean we would have no more Anglican church or any sects and derivatives of the Church of England, which happens to be almost all churches that aren't part of the Catholic church.

The life and death of this King led on to shape an extraordinary part of global history.

Zeblote · February 04, 2013, 04:39:33 PM

OH MY GOD THEY FOUND A SKELETON OMG A HISTORICAL DISCOVERY OH GOD

now put the bones to the others, in the garbage container

e-maxx · February 04, 2013, 04:48:00 PM

Quote from: Zeblote on February 04, 2013, 04:39:33 PM

OH MY GOD THEY FOUND A SKELETON OMG A HISTORICAL DISCOVERY OH GOD

now put the bones to the others, in the garbage container

in case you haven't noticed some people find this interesting

BubbaGum · February 04, 2013, 04:50:19 PM

sir dooble · February 04, 2013, 04:51:14 PM

Quote from: Zeblote on February 04, 2013, 04:39:33 PM

OH MY GOD THEY FOUND A SKELETON OMG A HISTORICAL DISCOVERY OH GOD

now put the bones to the others, in the garbage container

Quote from: e-maxx on February 04, 2013, 04:48:00 PM

in case you haven't noticed some people find this interesting

And historically relevent to the heritage of most of the Western World.

And besides that, it's the body of a King and so deserves the treatment of a body of a King.
It should and will have a royal burial.