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I found I got quite engrossed in how the body was found, then stumbled across this other documentary, I found this one extremely well made scientifically as well as historically, unusually so, in fact....
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I saw this when it first came out. The challenge I had with it is the likelihood that on the first go at locating the former kings body they guessed 100% correct on everything, dug in the exact right spot and bingo, found what they were looking for. It seemed incredible to me that they were able do this.
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Capt Daniel Goodman
Yeah, well, sometimes the magic works, sometimes it doesn't...the Force was probably with them, incidentally, that last bit was from a Dustin Hoffman flick with Chief Dan George, who was also in He Outlaw Josey Wales, the flick was a western from the late 60s or early 70s called Little Big Man...I always love that line...anyway, I kind of agree with you, obviously, I agree it does seem more than a trifle astonishing...I just esp liked the characterization of him apparently being the exact personality opposite of the Shakespearean character stereotype, you know?
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I am like CPT Goodman. I read everything about this archaeological discovery. I don't however agree that this discovery was fortuitous to the point of incredulity. Richard III was a King of England and despite his bad reputation and the relative shortness of his reign, his passing would be a matter of great comment. Enough was written about his death and burial location (in a great many disparate narritives) that a compilation of the majority could be expected to give a high probability of success. Then there is the damage to the corpse's body combined with his physical anomalies and the DNA match make his identity incontrovertible.
https://www.le.ac.uk/richardiii/science/resultsofdna.html
https://www.le.ac.uk/richardiii/science/resultsofdna.html
Richard III - DNA results - University of Leicester
The study of ancient DNA requires special facilities, and we travelled to two world-leading laboratories specialising in the study of ancient DNA, to analyse our results.
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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
I believe that there was an article in my Archaeology magazine awhile back on the same thing.
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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
I believe that there was an article in my Archaeology magazine awhile back on the same thing.
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