Historic search for King Richard III begins in Leicester

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Published by Max Salsbury for Leicester University in Featured and also in Communities

The University of Leicester and Leicester City Council, in association with the Richard III Society, have joined forces to begin a search for the mortal remains of King Richard III. On Saturday 25 August 2012 - five hundred years after King Richard III was buried in Leicester - the historic archaeological project will begin with the aim of discovering whether Britain's last Plantagenet King lies buried in Leicester City Centre. The project represents the first ever search for the lost grave of an...

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