Digging for Richard III: how archaeology found the king
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The events of Richard III's reign and his death in 1485 at the Battle of Bosworth are known worldwide through Shakespeare's most performed, filmed and translated history play. Digging for Richard III is the page-turning story of how his 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. Told by a noted archaeologist with access to all the parties involved, it follows the quest from an idea born in an Edinburgh bookshop to the day, fourteen years later, when two archaeologists carefully raised the bones from a car park in Leicester, and the scientific studies that resulted. The vivid tale of a king, his demise and now his rediscovery, this is also an insiders 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.
Subjects
Subjects
Archäologie
Archéologie judiciaire
Archéologie judiciaire -- Angleterre -- Leicester
Case studies
Death and burial
Death and burial of a person
England -- Leicester
Excavations (Archaeology)
Excavations (Archaeology) -- England -- Leicester -- Case studies
Forensic archaeology
Forensic archaeology -- England -- Leicester
Fouilles (Archéologie)
Fouilles (Archéologie) -- Angleterre -- Leicester -- Études de cas
Gravar
Mänskliga kvarlevor
Narrative non-fiction
Paleopatologi
Richard
Richard -- III, -- King of England, -- 1452-1485
Richard -- III, -- King of England, -- 1452-1485 -- Death and burial
Richard -- III, -- King of England, -- 1452-1485 -- Tomb
Richard -- III. -- England, König -- 1452-1485
Tomb
Tombs
Utgrävningar
Études de cas
Archéologie judiciaire
Archéologie judiciaire -- Angleterre -- Leicester
Case studies
Death and burial
Death and burial of a person
England -- Leicester
Excavations (Archaeology)
Excavations (Archaeology) -- England -- Leicester -- Case studies
Forensic archaeology
Forensic archaeology -- England -- Leicester
Fouilles (Archéologie)
Fouilles (Archéologie) -- Angleterre -- Leicester -- Études de cas
Gravar
Mänskliga kvarlevor
Narrative non-fiction
Paleopatologi
Richard
Richard -- III, -- King of England, -- 1452-1485
Richard -- III, -- King of England, -- 1452-1485 -- Death and burial
Richard -- III, -- King of England, -- 1452-1485 -- Tomb
Richard -- III. -- England, König -- 1452-1485
Tomb
Tombs
Utgrävningar
Études de cas
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Grouping Title | digging for richard iii how archaeology found the king |
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The events of Richard III's reign and his death in 1485 at the Battle of Bosworth are known worldwide through Shakespeare's most performed, filmed and translated history play. Digging for Richard III is the page-turning story of how his 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. Told by a noted archaeologist with access to all the parties involved, it follows the quest from an idea born in an Edinburgh bookshop to the day, fourteen years later, when two archaeologists carefully raised the bones from a car park in Leicester, and the scientific studies that resulted. The vivid tale of a king, his demise and now his rediscovery, this is also an insiders 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.
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Archäologie
Archéologie judiciaire -- Angleterre -- Leicester
Case studies
Death and burial of a person
England -- Leicester
Excavations (Archaeology)
Excavations (Archaeology) -- England -- Leicester -- Case studies
Forensic archaeology
Forensic archaeology -- England -- Leicester
Fouilles (Archéologie) -- Angleterre -- Leicester -- Études de cas
Gravar
Mänskliga kvarlevor
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Richard -- III, -- King of England, -- 1452-1485
Richard -- III, -- King of England, -- 1452-1485 -- Death and burial
Richard -- III, -- King of England, -- 1452-1485 -- Tomb
Richard -- III. -- England, König -- 1452-1485
Tombs
Utgrävningar
Études de cas
Archéologie judiciaire -- Angleterre -- Leicester
Case studies
Death and burial of a person
England -- Leicester
Excavations (Archaeology)
Excavations (Archaeology) -- England -- Leicester -- Case studies
Forensic archaeology
Forensic archaeology -- England -- Leicester
Fouilles (Archéologie) -- Angleterre -- Leicester -- Études de cas
Gravar
Mänskliga kvarlevor
Narrative non-fiction
Paleopatologi
Richard -- III, -- King of England, -- 1452-1485
Richard -- III, -- King of England, -- 1452-1485 -- Death and burial
Richard -- III, -- King of England, -- 1452-1485 -- Tomb
Richard -- III. -- England, König -- 1452-1485
Tombs
Utgrävningar
Études de cas
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Digging for Richard III : how archaeology found the king
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Digging for Richard III
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Archäologie
Archéologie judiciaire
Death and burial
Death and burial of a person
Excavations (Archaeology)
Forensic archaeology
Fouilles (Archéologie)
Gravar
Mänskliga kvarlevor
Paleopatologi
Richard
Tomb
Tombs
Utgrävningar
Archéologie judiciaire
Death and burial
Death and burial of a person
Excavations (Archaeology)
Forensic archaeology
Fouilles (Archéologie)
Gravar
Mänskliga kvarlevor
Paleopatologi
Richard
Tomb
Tombs
Utgrävningar
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