Amazing- "confirmed beyond all reasonable doubt". The photo clearly shows the curvature of the spine - some people have thought the descriptions of him as being a hunchback or deformed in some way were just propaganda, but there it is!
You can see the photo and video here at the Guardian website
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/ ... bones-king
Wonder what they'll do with him now?
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King Richard III's grave may be under parking lot
This is so exciting. We're all squeeing over at Goodreads, but then we get to work and our coworkers give us the deer in the headlights look.
ETA: Sharon's mentioned that the UK publisher for Sunne has dropped the price for the kindle version.
ETA: Sharon's mentioned that the UK publisher for Sunne has dropped the price for the kindle version.
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At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be
...is the only place I want to be
[quote=""Madeleine""]That's some curvature, ugh, poor man.[/quote]
I know, but it solves and debunks the hunchback myth.
Wonder what this is going to do to Shakespeare's play? Will people still want to see it?
I know, but it solves and debunks the hunchback myth.
Wonder what this is going to do to Shakespeare's play? Will people still want to see it?
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be
...is the only place I want to be
I see it's just been confirmed that RIII's remains will be reinterred at Leicester Cathedral, with some sort of major ceremony.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/scie ... edral.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/scie ... edral.html
[quote=""annis""]Posted by Misfit
Not necessarily. Such a significant degree of scoliosis would have resulted in one shouder being quite noticeably higher than the other, and possibly giving him something of a hunchbacked appearance.[/quote]
Thanks Annis. Article on the facial reconstruction here.
Not necessarily. Such a significant degree of scoliosis would have resulted in one shouder being quite noticeably higher than the other, and possibly giving him something of a hunchbacked appearance.[/quote]
Thanks Annis. Article on the facial reconstruction here.
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be
...is the only place I want to be
Fascinating - thanks, Misfit. It certainly resembles the portraits of him, doesn't it? He was a rather good-looking guy if this reconstruction is anything to go by.
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[quote=""annis""]Fascinating - thanks, Misfit. It certainly resembles the portraits of him, doesn't it? He was a rather good-looking guy if this reconstruction is anything to go by.[/quote]
I thought he looked pretty dishy. My FB feeds are just filled with stuff today. Check out thiscomparison between the reconstructed image and the portrait we all know.
I thought he looked pretty dishy. My FB feeds are just filled with stuff today. Check out thiscomparison between the reconstructed image and the portrait we all know.
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be
...is the only place I want to be