Bones Under Parking Lot Belonged to Richard III

According to the Richard III society's Web site, the society is “dedicated to reclaiming the reputation of a king of England who died over 500 years ago and who reigned for little more than two years. Richard's infamy over the centuries has been due to

DNA tests have confirmed that remains found beneath a UK parking lot are those of King Richard III, who ruled over England in the 15th century. Audie Cornish speaks with historian John Ashdown-Hill about who Richard III was in life and in literature

At the time, I wrote archaelogists were guessing they were the bones of Richard III. Today, the speculation has ended! Experts from the University of Leicester said DNA from the bones matched that of descendants of the monarch's family. Lead

The skeleton of late British monarch Richard III (1452-1485) has been discovered under a parking lot in Leicester, England.

Graffiti adorns the painted green wooden gates to the windswept car park in Leicester, the grey concrete overlooked by a local authority building badly in need of redecoration.