Tag: Monarchy
Richard III: unveiling day arrives for skeleton that would be king
On Monday afternoon the people of Leicester should finally see the mortal remains of the neighbour who has provoked such intense curiosity for so long: the man from the car park, the skeleton excavated in September from the foundations of a long-demolished church, who may be revealed as Richard III, the last Plantagenet king.
The extraordinary 2,000-year-old computer that you’ve never heard of…
The Antikythera mechanism was designed to predict movements of the sun, moon and planets. Why isn't it better known?