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Archaeologists from the University of Leicester uncover remains that could be those of England's 15th century King Richard III. <\/p>\n
It seems a most unlikely resting place for a King of England. <\/p>\n
Buried under a car park behind a block of council offices, the skeletal remains of a man were discovered in the British city of Leicester this week, with a metal arrow lodged in its back and wrapped simply in a shroud. <\/p>\n
And a Canadian-born furniture maker could help prove what archaeologists are hoping is true - that this is the lost skeleton of King Richard III. <\/p>\n
Heir in there? ... Canadian furniture maker Michael Ibsen takes a DNA test at the site of the archaeological discovery. Photo: ITV screengrab <\/p>\n
For the past decade, University of Leicester archaeologists, dubbed the Time Tomb Team, have been leading a search for the lost grave of the much-maligned king. <\/p>\n
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Richard III, who had a reputation as a murderous \"hunchback\" in medieval times, was killed in one of the most important clashes in English history, the Battle Of Bosworth, in 1485. <\/p>\n
What is known is that his body was stripped and brought to Leicester, where he was buried in the church of the Franciscan Friary, known as the Grey Friars. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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