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| King Richard III facial model goes on display in Leicester | King Richard III facial model goes on display in Leicester |
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| A facial reconstruction of King Richard III is going on display in Leicester's Guildhall, on the first stop of a nationwide tour. | A facial reconstruction of King Richard III is going on display in Leicester's Guildhall, on the first stop of a nationwide tour. |
| The model was commissioned by the Richard III Society and made by Professor Caroline Wilkinson and the forensic art team at the University of Dundee after archaeologists discovered the body of King Richard III under a car park in February. | The model was commissioned by the Richard III Society and made by Professor Caroline Wilkinson and the forensic art team at the University of Dundee after archaeologists discovered the body of King Richard III under a car park in February. |
| It was made using a 3D printing technique called stereolithography, and details such as the style and colour of his hair were taken from near-contemporary portraits. | It was made using a 3D printing technique called stereolithography, and details such as the style and colour of his hair were taken from near-contemporary portraits. |
| Archeologists plan to exhume a 600-year-old lead-lined stone coffin found nearby. University of Leicester Archaeological Services has applied to the Ministry of Justice for an exhumation licence and to Leicester city council to extend their dig to discover more about the Church of the Grey Friars, where King Richard III was buried. | Archeologists plan to exhume a 600-year-old lead-lined stone coffin found nearby. University of Leicester Archaeological Services has applied to the Ministry of Justice for an exhumation licence and to Leicester city council to extend their dig to discover more about the Church of the Grey Friars, where King Richard III was buried. |
| In February, teams revealed that remains found under the city car park were "beyond reasonable doubt" those of the last Plantagenet king. Archaeologists want to examine the second discovery found near the site and said the stone coffin might contain the remains of a medieval knight, Sir William Moton. He is believed to have been buried at Grey Friars Church in 1362, more than a century before Richard III. | In February, teams revealed that remains found under the city car park were "beyond reasonable doubt" those of the last Plantagenet king. Archaeologists want to examine the second discovery found near the site and said the stone coffin might contain the remains of a medieval knight, Sir William Moton. He is believed to have been buried at Grey Friars Church in 1362, more than a century before Richard III. |
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