Body found in Richard III search almost destroyed

Tuesday, October 16, 2012 - 11:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Last month, a search for King Richard III's remains turned up a human skeleton beneath a parking lot in England. Researchers have a long way to go in the lab before they can determine whether it belongs to the monarch, but they say they were lucky to have found a body at all. Evidence suggests the grave was almost razed by 19th-century builders.

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