King Richard III

Major major props go out to the University of Lancaster archaeologists! In case you have been living under a rock the last year or so, archaeologist at the U of L thought that the church where King Richard was rumored to have been buried once sat on the same land as now stood a parking lot. Go figure right. Demolish a historical location to build more space to park cars. Sigh* Sorry...I digress. Anywaysssss... They were able to get permission to begin digging under said parking lot and started to find things that would suggest that they had found the Greyfriars church. One of the things they found was a skeleton. (Score!) Now reports are out stating that DNA is back and it is in fact the infamous king. While there is still that pesky peer review process to go through, I think we can say it's him. Maybe I am just a nerd (well I am a nerd but that's a given) but, I think that this is amazing mind-boggling chocolate covered awesomeness. The research that went into pinning down a possible location for the church must have been quite the task. Not to mention digging the site and investing in the project. They could have dug up that whole parking lot and never found him. He could have been moved or never buried there to start. But they did it. There was a lot of faith in what they were doing.

I felt compelled to post on this because for starters, one of my awesome friends brought it to my attention today that they had in fact came back with a verdict and also because I have been following this story since it was first reported on. It's stories like these that really capture the imagination. It's stories like these that make me want to go out and dig and see what I can contribute to history. If you haven't been following the story, Google it. Right now...or click on the link below to take you to the most current article.

http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/04/16832540-verdict-issued-on-skeleton-found-under-parking-lot-its-king-richard-iii?lite

Until you do that, here are three pictures from the University of Lancaster to keep you entertained.

Happy digging!

Rachel B.