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Is Richard III buried under a parking lot?
Toronto Sun ^
| January 31, 2013
| Michael Holden
Posted on 01/31/2013 3:43:04 PM PST by Squawk 8888
LONDON - Archaeologists will reveal next week whether a skeleton with a cleaved skull and a curved spine entombed under a municipal parking lot is that of Richard III, the last English king to die in battle, more than five centuries ago.
The grey, concrete parking lot with its red-brick walls and a payment hut in Leicester, central England, contrasts sharply with the grandeur of traditional sepulchres for English kings and queens such as Windsor Castle and Westminster Abbey.
The defeated Richards lost grave has proved to be as elusive as the reputation of the monarch, portrayed by Shakespeare as a deformed tyrant behind the murder of two young princes in the Tower of London but lauded by devotees as brave and enlightened.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; United Kingdom
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To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
01/31/2013 3:44:02 PM PST
by
Squawk 8888
(True North- Strong Leader, Strong Dollar, Strong and Free!)
To: Squawk 8888
I don’t know. Is Prince Albert in a can?
To: MIchaelTArchangel
I dont know. Is Prince Albert in a can?I don't know, but where's Michael Hunt? (You know, Mike)
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posted on
01/31/2013 3:49:20 PM PST
by
laweeks
To: Squawk 8888
“Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got
‘Til it’s gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot”
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posted on
01/31/2013 3:55:26 PM PST
by
BipolarBob
(Happy Hunger Games! May the odds be ever in your favor.)
To: Squawk 8888
![](http://images.politico.com/global/news/090901_trumka_ap_223.jpg)
"Who wants to know?"
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posted on
01/31/2013 3:57:26 PM PST
by
jiggyboy
(Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
To: Squawk 8888
“My kingdom for a parking space!”
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posted on
01/31/2013 4:02:05 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: Squawk 8888
He had it coming...child killer
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posted on
01/31/2013 4:03:39 PM PST
by
wardaddy
(wanna know how my kin felt during Reconstruction in Mississippi, you fixin to find out firsthand)
To: MIchaelTArchangel
I don’t know. Is your refridgerator running?
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posted on
01/31/2013 4:04:22 PM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Squawk 8888
I guess his death really did pave the way for the Tudors.
To: Sparky1776
I guess his death and burial in what would become a parking lot really did pave the way for the Two-doors. Sorry, just couldn't help myself.
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posted on
01/31/2013 4:44:54 PM PST
by
Slyfox
(The key to Marxism is medicine - Vladimir Lenin)
To: Squawk 8888
Shakespeare got the information for his play “Richard III” from Thomas More’s biography of the king.
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posted on
01/31/2013 4:48:10 PM PST
by
Slyfox
(The key to Marxism is medicine - Vladimir Lenin)
To: Squawk 8888
He was buried in the end zone at Giants Stadium.
To: GreenHornet
I resemble that remark!
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posted on
01/31/2013 5:51:15 PM PST
by
jaz.357
(Welcome to hell. Here's your accordion.)
To: Squawk 8888
Dig me up and
![](http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e397/2kool4skul/bea-arthur.jpg)
I'll eat your soul!
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posted on
01/31/2013 7:13:43 PM PST
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
To: tumblindice
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posted on
01/31/2013 7:24:51 PM PST
by
publius911
(Look for the Union Label -- then buy something else)
To: Squawk 8888
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Thanks Squawk 8888. I wonder if the real King Lear was buried in Cheshire? /rimshot!
Just adding to the catalog, not sending a general distribution.
To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. |
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posted on
01/31/2013 8:11:14 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: Sparky1776
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posted on
01/31/2013 8:13:19 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
The ghosts section of Shakespeare’s “Richard III” has the obvious aroma of agitprop when read, but when performed live, it’s horrifying. Shakespeare was born under the Tudors, and retired after the dynasty died out; he bought the historical scene of the hearing that had led to Henry VIIIth divorce of his first wife and the beginning of the Anglican Church — and put a posh, upper-class theater in it, where his play “Henry VIII” was first performed. Throughout his career his work was scrutinized and censored, and only the censored versions were legal to perform.
http://shakespeare.mit.edu/richardiii/full.html
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posted on
01/31/2013 8:23:22 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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posted on
01/31/2013 8:50:53 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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