Cities of Leicester and York Argue Over Where to Rebury Richard III

At a press conference at the University of Leicester on Monday, a team of scientists and archeologists announced that a skeleton found under a parking lot was that of Richard III.

At a press conference at the University of Leicester on Monday, a team of scientists and archeologists announced that a skeleton found under a parking lot was that of Richard III.

The skeleton was this week confirmed by DNA tests to be the missing remains of Richard III, who died aged 32 in the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. Described as one of the most significant finds in archaeological history, they were uncovered last September

The Drilling Company will produce "Richard III" this summer as part of its annual Shakespeare in the Park(ing) Lot season.

The figure that has actually provoked the worldwide press coverage is not the historical Richard III but, rather, the fantastic villain that Shakespeare fashioned from Thomas More's slanders and unleashed in the early