Richard III: the king under the car park – Mathew Morris Talk
Sunday 23rd March, 11am to 12pm
£8 per person
Summary
Richard III: The king under the car park
Solving a 500-year old mystery
The discovery of King Richard III’s remains during an archaeological excavation in 2012 was a world-wide sensation; a 500 year old missing persons case bought to life through modern archaeological and forensic investigation.
Join archaeologist Mathew Morris from University of Leicester, one of the leading archaeologists in the search for Richard III, for a talk on how this amazing discovery was made; showing how archaeologists knew where to look, what was found during the excavation, and taking a close look at how forensic scientists were able to successfully identify 500 year old skeletal remains as Richard III, the last Plantagenet king of England (d.1485).
Copies of Mathew’s books will be available for purchase.
Tickets cost £8 per person. Pre-booking is Essential.
Book HERE or by calling 01455 290429.
You DO NOT need a Remembering Richard’s Return event ticket to attend this talk. However, if you want to enjoy the full experience of a packed living-history weekend (in our Events Arena), you will need to purchase a separate event ticket, available here.
About the speaker
Mathew Morris is a Project Officer at ULAS with over 20 years of commercial archaeological experience. He has excavated a wide range of rural and urban archaeology across the Midlands, from the prehistoric period through to the Industrial Revolution. He has spent much of his career digging up Leicester and, in 2012, he directed the successful archaeological search for the lost grave of King Richard III. His interests include urban archaeology, Roman and medieval archaeology and communicating archaeology to new audiences. He has co-authored Life in Roman and Medieval Leicester (2021) and four popular books on Leicester archaeology, Visions of Ancient Leicester (2011), Richard III: The King under the Car Park (2013), Life in the Roman World: Roman Leicester (2018) and Exploring Roman Leicester: The Story of the Jewry Wall Baths (forthcoming).
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