Dickie III - Well, It IS January ...

... but apparently, the CONFIRMATION that the car-park bones actually are those of Richard III has been around for a while - and I missed them.  Boo!  And yet - sort of yay, too.  I love history geeking.

Image from Daily Mail
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It IS sticking in my craw, though, the obsessive coverage of the scoliosis of these bones.  I've read any number of debunkings of the "Richard was a hunchback" stories, pretty much as long as I've been reading history at all (and remember, kids:  I am old!).  So this being trotted out as "proof" now just still seems so bizarre to me ...