Sunday, August 26, 2012

After 527 years, the hunt for Richard's body is on!

On the 527th anniversary of the burial of King Richard III at Greyfriars, Leicester, the search for his remains begins -- under a Leicester City Council car park. Carried out by the University of Leicester Department of Archaeology in association with the Leicester City Council and the Richard III Society (our parent society), the dig will continue for two weeks and culminate in a public event over the weekend of 8-9 September. Details and links to press coverage can be found here. For the Richard III Society's news item on the subject, choose the "news" link from their site: http://www.richardiii.net/