Two for the Road: Second Coffin Found With Richard III
The English parking lot where famous king lay yields older, more ornate grave.
This one appears to have been buried more than a century before Richard, who lost his crown—and his life—at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485. (See "King Richard III Bones Found, Scientists Say.")
Who the occupant of this grave might be is a mystery. But whoever he was, he mattered. While a crude hole in the ground was deemed good enough for the mortal remains of King Richard III, the person whose grave was uncovered this week was buried in splendor. His body was sealed in a leaden coffin, which was decorated with a cross, placed inside a limestone sarcophagus, and interred in a prominent part of the medieval abbey that once stood on the site.
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