Scientists find mystery coffin at Richard III site

[jeff of pa]

LONDON (AP) — A team of archaeologists said Monday it has unearthed an unusual coffin-within-a-coffin in the central England parking lot where it found the skeleton of King Richard III, and that they hope to identify the remains within.
University of Leicester scientists have been digging at the Grey Friars site in Leicester after finding the body of Richard there in September. He died nearby in 1485 at the Battle of Bosworth Field.
The team said it had discovered a fully intact medieval stone coffin during a dig in September but wasn't able to investigate it further at the time. When it was opened this week, the team said, it found a lead coffin within it, one likely to contain a "high status" individual.

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[Tnmountains]

Have they unwrapped or opened the lead coffin yet? I heard they saw feet sticking out.

 

[tlm5000]

King Richard III was given a kings burial he was stacked atop a wooden boat set fire and pushed out to sea. My personal belief. But will be interesting what they find. Maybe some sort of royalty but not the king

 

[tlm5000]

King Richard III was given a kings burial he was stacked atop a wooden boat set fire and pushed out to sea. My personal belief. But will be interesting what they find. Maybe some sort of royalty but not the king

The identification in 2013 of King Richard's body shows that the skeleton had 10 wounds, eight of them to the head, clearly inflicted in battle and suggesting he had lost his helmet. The skull showed that a blade had hacked away part of the rear of the skull. Richard III was the last English king to be killed in battle.

What they found but not my belief