Scientists in England have announced that they can now
conclusively say that a skeleton found under a parking lot in
Great Britain last year belongs to Richard III, the famous king
who was killed (without his horse!) more than 500 years ago.
Researchers at University of Leicester used archeological
evidence and DNA testing of Richard's descendants to prove that
"Beyond reasonable doubt it's Richard." The parking lot sat on
the site of a small church in Leicester where Richard of
Gloucester was buried in 1485. When the Church was demolished in
the 16th century, the exact location was lost until August of
last year, when excavators decided to dig up the lot; one of the
few remaining open areas in the city. The bones were found
almost immediately and caught the archeologists' eyes, thanks to
a severe curvature of the spine. Richard was famously believed
to have a physical deformity, a feature made legendary by
William Shakespeare's play about him—which also painted Richard
as a vile schemer, who murdered his bro