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Ten facts gleaned from Richard’s skeleton….

Aug 23, 2023

archaeology, battles, Science, The play’s the thing

“hunchback”, “Tudor” propaganda, “withered arm”, age, Battle of Bosworth, Bow Bridge, diet, facial reconstruction, fish, height, identification, John Speed, Leicester Greyfriars, missing feet, perimortem wounds, scoliosis, Shakespeare, skull, Turi King, wine, woodlands

I wondered what was coming when I turned to this article but it’s actually quite sensible, even if some of the comments beggar belief. (Know of a woodland somewhere in the UK? Because some people think we no longer have any! Or think it’s clever and snide to pretend we don’t.) The ten facts…
LOUIS IX OF FRANCE–THE BONES SPEAK

Jul 14, 2021

anniversaries, archaeology, genealogy, religion, Science

Blanche of Castile, bones, crusaders, diet, DNA analysis, dysentery, Edward I, Egypt, Eighth Crusade, France, Henry II, Henry III, kings, Louis IX, Notre Dame, radio carbon dating, relics, saints, scurvy, Seventh Crusade, St. Denis, teeth, Tunis, Tunisia

It is not just King Richard III who has had numerous scientific tests done on his mortal remains. Tests have also recently taken place on the jawbone of Louis IX of France who died in 1270 while on Crusade in Tunisia. Louis is also known as ‘The Saint’ and was the husband of Margaret of…