Remains of King Richard III
More than 500 years after his death in battle, scientists announced Monday that they had definitively identified a skeleton unearthed in northern England last summer as that of Richard III, the medieval king portrayed by William Shakespeare as a homicidal tyrant who killed his two young nephews in order to ascend the throne. Read the full story.
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Michael Ibsen( Justin Tallis / AFP/Getty Images / October 8, 2012 )
Canadian-born furniture maker Michael Ibsen, a direct descendant of the eldest sister of King Richard III, poses in his furniture workshop in London. A DNA sample from Ibsen was used to confirm that recently uncovered skeletal remains are those of the English king.
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