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Richard III WASN’T buried under a car park….!
“facts”, accidents, age of universe, car parks, diamond, hard materials, inbreeding, John Ashdown-Hill, Leicester dig, Leicester Greyfriars, Leicester University, mtDNA, Neanderthals, Philippa Langley, planets, Richard III, Richard III burial, senses, speed of light, split infinitives, Star Trek, states of matter, to boldly go, Tutankhamun, waterA list of ten facts that were taught at school but are no longer true has been published at this site. It’s a very interesting list with some things that I really didn’t know about, but at number 8 is the following:- “[Untrue fact} NO-ONE KNOWS WHERE RICHARD III’S BODY IS. “Correction: He was buried…
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Lordy, the theories about the Great Pyramid continue to multiply. I suppose it just won’t do to think maybe its position “in the centre of the earth” is purely accidental? Oh, hush, Sandra! Wash your mouth out. I recently saw a long TV documentary that theorised the pyramid was actually an immense water pump. Anyway,…
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The King In The Lab – Richard III’s Dissolute Diet
alcohol, Atkins diet, Battle of Bosworth, Channel Four, David Grummitt, DNA evidence, Dominic Smee, Dr. A.L. Lamb, Edward IV, evidence, Food, Fotheringhay, Ian Mortimer, isotopes, Ludlow, Medieval Diet, Myths, nitrogen, Professor Jane Evans, Richard III, Science, scoliosis, teeth, von Poppelau, waterOriginally posted on RICARDIAN LOONS: I recently had the opportunity to attend a talk by Professor Jane Evans of the British Geological Survey, co-author of the multi-isotope analysis which explored what the last Plantagenet king of England ate and drank. As I mentioned in a previous science post, this study formed the basis for the…
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