Science
How did University of Leicester scientists identify the remains as Richard III, and what can we learn from them?
Extraction and analysis of DNA
The key to identifying the bones lay in extracting one particular type of 500-year-old DNA
Lines of descent
Tracking family trees over 18 generations to find living relatives of the Planatagenet dynasty.
Psychology of a sovereign
Applying modern analysis to what we know of Richard III, in the light of new discoveries
Face and voice
What did Richard III actually look like? And what did he sound like?
Osteology – reading the bones
What does the skeleton tell us about how Richard lived and died?
Forensic analysis using micro-CT
Cutting edge X-ray tomography technique used to study the edges of cuts.
Carbon dating
How well do the bones match up with the date of Richard’s death and burial?
