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  • Body Under British Parking Lot May Be King Richard III

    12/29/2012 12:47:51 AM PST · by nickcarraway · 59 replies
    National Geographic ^ | December 28, 2012 | Heather Pringle
    Search for infamous monarch’s remains is the latest in the rush to dig up the dead and famousFor centuries, William Shakespeare seemed to have the last word. His Richard III glowered and leered from the stage, a monster in human form and a character so repugnant "that dogs bark at me as I halt by them." In Shakespeare's famous play, the hunchbacked king claws his way to the throne and methodically murders most of his immediate family—his wife, older brother, and two young nephews—until he suffers defeat and death on the battlefield at the hands of a young Tudor hero,...