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Remains of English King Richard III Identified


کنگ آف پاپ کہلائے جانے والے گلوکار مائیکل جیکسن کی پانچویں برسی کے موقع پر ان کے مداحوں کی ایک بڑی تعداد ان کے مقبرے کے باہر جمع ہوئی۔
کنگ آف پاپ کہلائے جانے والے گلوکار مائیکل جیکسن کی پانچویں برسی کے موقع پر ان کے مداحوں کی ایک بڑی تعداد ان کے مقبرے کے باہر جمع ہوئی۔
Scientists say 500-year-old remains found under a parking lot in the city of Leicester are those of England's King Richard III.

University of Leicester researchers said at a televised news conference on Monday that it is "beyond reasonable doubt" that a battle-scarred skeleton unearthed last October is the king, who died at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485.

Osteologist (a scientist who studies bones) Jo Appleby said that a study of the bones provides "a highly convincing case for identification of" the 32-year-old king, who ruled England for only two years. DNA from the skeleton matches a sample taken from a distant living relative.

Richard was the last English monarch to die in battle. William Shakespeare depicted him in a play as a ruthless tyrant, but many historians say that image is unfair.

Historic accounts said the king had been buried in a Catholic church in Leicester; but the building was later destroyed and its location forgotten.



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