archaeology
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Ah, how we all love to hope that one day some vital documents pertaining to Richard III will turn up…in an old, old chest in a long-forgotten corner of an undercroft…or at the top of an ivy-covered tower with a spiral staircase so dangerous it’s dodgy to even breathe near it! Or, as in this…
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Well, the above reconstruction of Tutankhamun is a revelation, not only that he was so unlike his wonderful funeral mask, but also because….oh dear, you couldn’t make it up. Here’s an extract from this article :- “….What King Tut Really Looked Like….They conducted DNA studies and found out how frail the pharaoh was. He was…
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Here is the Legendary Ten Seconds‘ song about the origins of the Richard III Society. Here is our report on the Richard III half angel and here is their song on the subject. These are the lyrics and the video.
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Bamburgh Castle is a site with a long, frequently dramatic history. A wooden Saxon fortress built by Ida the Flame-bearer, a place frequented by saints such as Oswald and Aidan, a seemingly impregnable fortress attacked by William Rufus with his siege castle ‘Evil Neighbour’, and the first English castle to fall to cannon-fire, when Warwick…
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Did ANYONE do the dirty deed in the Tower….?
“Perkin”, “Tudor” propaganda, Battle of Bosworth, Cicely Plantagenet, Domenico Mancini, Edward IV, Edward of Middleham, Edward V, Elizabeth Wydeville, executed women, Henry of Buckingham, Henry VII, illegitimacy, Jack the Ripper, Jane Shore, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, John Morton, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Margaret Duchess of Burgundy, Patricia Cornwell, pre-contract, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, Robert Stillington, royal apartments, Sir James Tyrrell, Stanleys, Talbots, Tower of London, Tyrrell “confession”, Viscount Welles, William Lord Hastings, WydevillesIf you go to this link this article you’ll find an interesting if challengeable article about “Perkin Warbeck” and whether he could or could not have been Richard of Shrewsbury. Well, there were enough people who thought he was, and to make Henry Tudor’s existence thoroughly miserable. Pleasant thought. The article also discussed who might…
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Well, while it seems the Queen wants awkward bones to be left tucked up in their urn in Westminster Abbey, Prince Charles is more curious about the whole “Princes in the Tower” mystery. Maybe he’ll even probe enough to reveal the truth at last. I do hope so! To read more, go to This Express…
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