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    nationalpost: Wounds from the battlefield: What Richard III’s remains revealed about war-scarred kingFor centuries, the location of King Richard III’s body has been unknown. Records say he was buried by the Franciscan monks of Grey Friars at their church in Leicester, 160 kilometres north of London. The church was closed and dismantled after King Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries in 1538, and its location eventually was forgotten.Then, last September, archaeologists searching for Richard dug up the skeleton of an adult male who appeared to have died in battle.Bone specialist Jo Appleby said the 10 injuries to the body were inflicted by weapons like swords, daggers and halberds and were consistent with accounts of Richard being struck down in battle — his helmet knocked from his head — before his body was stripped naked and flung over the back of a horse in disgrace.She said some scars, including a knife wound to the buttock, bore the hallmarks of “humiliation injuries” inflicted after death.

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    Wounds from the battlefield: What Richard III’s remains revealed about war-scarred king
    For centuries, the location of King Richard III’s body has been unknown. Records say he was buried by the Franciscan monks of Grey Friars at their church in Leicester, 160 kilometres north of London. The church was closed and dismantled after King Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries in 1538, and its location eventually was forgotten.

    Then, last September, archaeologists searching for Richard dug up the skeleton of an adult male who appeared to have died in battle.

    Bone specialist Jo Appleby said the 10 injuries to the body were inflicted by weapons like swords, daggers and halberds and were consistent with accounts of Richard being struck down in battle — his helmet knocked from his head — before his body was stripped naked and flung over the back of a horse in disgrace.

    She said some scars, including a knife wound to the buttock, bore the hallmarks of “humiliation injuries” inflicted after death.

    (via ladykrampus)