Digging for Richard III: How Archaeology Found the King

Author(s): Mike Pitts

History

In 2012, archaeologists found the grave of Richard III. As the astonishing story of the discovery emerged, millions watched around the world: this was a Tutankhamun for our times. Digging for Richard III is the page-turning story of how his grave was found, the people behind the discovery and what it tells us. It is the first complete narrative of a project that blended passion, science, luck and detection. Told by a noted archaeologist with access to all the parties involved, it follows the quest from an idea born in an Edinburgh bookshop to the day when two archaeologists carefully raised the bones from a car park in Leicester, and the scientific studies that resulted. The vivid tale of a king, his demise and now his rediscovery, this is also an insider's gripping account of how modern archaeology really works, of how clues meticulously assembled and forensically examined are pieced together to create a narrative worthy of the finest detective fiction.

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General Fields

  • : 9780500292020
  • : Thames & Hudson, Limited
  • : Thames & Hudson Ltd
  • : 0.39
  • : June 2015
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Mike Pitts
  • : Paperback
  • : 2nd Revised edition
  • : English
  • : 208
  • : HDDM
  • : 41 colour illustrations