Top honours for Research Excavation of the Year at the prestigious Current Archaeology Awards went to University of Leicester Archaeological Services’ international…
A new free exhibition dedicated to the search for Richard III opened today (8 Feb) at Leicester’s Guildhall. Richard III: Leicester’s search…
Two days after unveiling a reconstruction of the face of Richard III, Leicester experts have now recreated how Greyfriars, his final resting…
More than 500 years after his death, members of the public can look King Richard III in the eye once more, following…
The human remains found beneath a city centre carpark last August are 'beyond reasonable doubt' those of Richard III.…
Is this the skull of Richard III? Today (4 February) the University of Leicester, with Channel 4, unveiled the world’s first photograph…
On 12th September the University of Leicester held an extraordinary press conference. They announced that a three week dig seeking the remains…
If it seems a stroke of incredible good fortune that ULAS’ trial trenches came down on the very features that were needed…
A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse! Such were Richard the III’s last words according to Shakespeare – recorded…
Update: for an account of how DNA analysis confirmed the identity of Richard III, see our short article by Dr Turi King,…