โ Shakespeare, William
๐ Fiction
๐
2017
๐ Penguin Publishing Group
๐ English
โ 189 KB
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Digging for Richard III
โ Scribed by Mike Pitts
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 4 MB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
In 2012, archaeologists found the long-lost grave of Richard III, England's most disputed monarch and probable murderer of the Princes in the Tower. 'Digging for Richard III' is the page-turning story of how the grave was found, the people behind the discovery and what it tells us. It is the first complete narrative of a project that blended passion, science, luck and detection. This was a Tutankhamun for our times.
This is an insider's gripping account of how modern archaeology really works, of how clues meticulously assembled and forensically examined are pieced together to create a narrative worthy of the finest detective fiction.
First came the news that archaeologists were searching for a king in a car park. Next it was said they had located the church where Richard had been buried. Finally it was announced that a skeleton had been found with curved spine and battle wounds. All the studies, including analysis of anatomy, DNA, high-resolution scanning and a digital...
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