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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…
The RICL: Anthropology and forensic science

May 7, 2023

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blood, bone fusion, Caroline Wilkinson, DNA analysis, Donald Findlay, Dundee University, Ethelred II, facial reconstruction, fingerprints, forensic evidence, identification, lectures, Leicester Greyfriars, Oxford, pelvis, Professor Dame Sue Black, Richard III, Robert II, Royal Institution, skeletons, skull, St. Brice’s Day Massacre, St. Nicholas, teeth, trauma, Turi King, Vikings

I have made a habit of watching the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures for over forty years. A single scientist, with guest contributors, covers a subject over three (to five) days and demonstrates some of the detail to a live audience of inquisitive children, who take part in the experiments. Last year’s lecturer was Professor Dame…

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Ten facts gleaned from Richard’s skeleton….

The RICL: Anthropology and forensic science