The Moment Archaeologist Mathew Morris Found Richard III's Remains
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- Archaeologist Mathew Morris finds a human left leg bone at the edge of trench one on the first day of the dig at the Greyfriars site. Careful examination reveals a parallel right leg, indicating an undisturbed grave.
The remains (Skeleton One) are covered to protect them from the weather until more is known about where they are located within the friary.
Eleven days later on 5th September 2012 Skeleton One was exhumed and was a youngish male, with evidence of battle trauma and a severe curvature of the spine.
On the 4th February 2013 ‘Skeleton One’ from the Greyfriars Archaeological dig was confirmed as the remains of King Richard III.
This film was produced by External Relations, University of Leicester.
Filmed & Edited by Carl Vivian
Without the enthusiasm and the dogged determination of Phillipa (the lady in this vid), none of this would ve happened
That woman was mental. Like she had some weird fetish for him.
@@RichardStrong86 uh, a usual canadian dingbat!
It was wonderful that the powerhouse behind all of this discovery, Phillipa Langley, was standing there when the fist leg bone was encountered. She deserves much more credit that she has been given. Her praise should be shouted loud and long, as she is, and was, the true discoverer of this monumental event in world history. Thank you Phillipa Langley. Doctor George Whitehead
BS
She got loads of credit on this BBC documentary, this is just a short clip that has been pinched from it. Don't get all worked up, watch the documentary.
Doctor, you should research before making comments
She got a shit ton of credit. I'm literally reading a book about the princess in the tower from a book deal she got after this discovery
Why is there no mention in the title or text about Philippa Langley who led the search is standing right next to the male archaeologist as he digs? A significant oversight.
They are the experts, not Ms Langley. She raised the money of course but is NOT an archaeologist.
@Paul Denison I partly agree, Paul, BUT in the 80's there was another archeologist/reseracher who had often written that the likely remains were in GreyFriars Monastery, not the Augustianian 'Blackfriars' where someone had previously looked. I can't remember who he is but will find out.! Philippa Langley was dogged, determined and of course she was instrumental in all this.
@Paul Denison Well, I asked Richard Buckley, (head of ULAS ), some years later, why did They not look for Cardinal Wolsey who is said to be buried in Abbey Park, Leicester, where he died. Richard Buckley said that it was a) not the job of archaeologists to “look for famous people” and b) there is not usually the funding for it. So what Philippa and the Richard III Society did was to find the money. John Ashdown Hill was one of the historians whose name I forgot and who had traced Richard III DNA and the possibility that Greyfriars was his resting place.
@Paul Denison It has been interesting discussing this and clearly we have different views on the subject of who was most deserving. In the end, there was a successful and fascinating dig at that car park (which I happen to know as I live near the city). Credit to everyone who ‘found’ Richard III. I was sad when Ashdown Hill died. He paid personally for early DNA tests and was possibly miffed at not getting as much credit as Turi King. I assume you would agree!!
she did it all as we all know from the film now out called the lost king
Thank you, Phillippa Langley for YOUR discovery!
I know it's been said a million times by now probably, but history is so crazy. This dude was one of the most powerful people in the "world" at the time and after all this time he's just under a parking lot. Nuts.
Can't agree "world", the War of the Roses was a parochial affair. England & Europe yes, but the World was still isolated in regions like the Incas & Mayans, to China who were much more advanced than the Middle Ages in Europe tho the Cathedrals were stunning but in Richard's time they were still under construction. You have Asia too. We were still a backyard goings on & I think France & Spain were more powerful than Richard ever was. Henry VII was the one King who started to make England a powerhouse thru his craftiness, his son also got England on the map & Elizabeth 1 was the ONE who did make England a world top dog vying with Spain & France.
makes you wonder who is burried under the ground of the building you are in right now. doesn't it.
I bet that was like living in Rome since most ruins where underneath the city
Maybe he uncovered the bones - but to attribute a 'discovery' to him is a gross overstatement.
I clearly remember in the original documentary that Mathew Morris rolled his eyes at the idea that the remains were those of King Richard. Now that history has been altered that documentary is gone and this man is taking credit for the discovery. Shame. Phillipa Langley was the true believer not Morris.
I think this might redress the facts...
ua-cam.com/video/Bgv6KHeAFeY/v-deo.html
The film will expose all involved and should be charged in a court of law, the University are a disgrace.
You can watch the documentary to this day. It's been up on UA-cam for 4 years. There are also interviews with all involved, including Langley (as she was involved throughout the entire process, despite what some seem to insist retrospectively)
She also was really weirdly upset and a bit defensive about him having a curved spine, which means nothing about him. As Simon Farnaby pointed out to her, he could've had a curved spine and still been a nice guy.
Amazon Prime has a movie about this, and Phillipa. Called The Lost King. She most definitely got the credit in the movie, and the Society too. And, how she was all but ignored and barely tolerated by all the "experts" in the field.
Leicester University wouldn't find a bone in a butcher's shop without Philippa! 🤣
lol
Please show your respect formiss Langley and reward her with a honoury doctorate,the queen awarded her.
Who is that?? Another corpses?
Let's not forget that Philippa Langley knew it was Richard all along, and everyone else on the dig insisted the skeleton was not important at all, right up to the moment they found the curved spine. She also funded it all. Disgraceful that a bunch of chancers still try to steal her thunder.
That's not true. The Richard III Society itself has an FAQ, and you can watch the entire thing in documentary form. The Society's website breaks down all the funding; 'The principal funding for the original three-week project came from the Richard III Society and its members including a £5,000 contribution from its Chairman. The Society’s contribution represented nearly 53% of the original project’s total funding. Leicester City Council also put together a £5,000 contingency budget, in case it was required.
The preliminary research and three-week project which found King Richard cost £32,867.
Richard III Society, members and other Ricardians £17,367 (52.84%)
University of Leicester £10,000 (30.43%)
Leicestershire Promotions £5,000 (15.21%)
Leicester Adult Schools £500 (1.52%)
The remaining funding of £716 from the International Appeal (see below) was paid to ULAS by Langley at the end of the dig for costs including those associated with the recovery of the King’s remains after she had instructed exhumation.
As detailed earlier (see 16 above), the GPR survey cost £5,043. Dr Ashdown-Hill’s research work to uncover the genetic descendant of King Richard III and reveal the king’s mtDNA sequence cost the historian about £3,000. And a bursary of £1,140 was awarded to Langley by the Richard III Society for the cost she incurred for the Archaeological desk-based assessment.'
You can see that the skeleton was treated as potentially significant even in this video, even though the experts quite reasonably were quite restrained throughout the process (better not to jump the gun generally in these things)
@@caitlin329 What I mean is, she organised all that funding. None of it would have happened without her. I have no idea how she knew Richard was there, it's a wildly unscientific leap of intuition, a freak leap of faith, and she had no reason to be right... Yet she was. I can't explain it. But the University has no right to try and claim any credit for the project. They wouldn't have lifted a finger without her.
@@nickgreen4731 They knew where to look thanks to the work of historian John Ashdown-Hill. He was also behind the tracing of Richard’s Mitochondrial DNA, paying for its sequencing out of his own pocket.
That’s crazy. After over 500 years later, history was made again
Yes we finally got a European Union
@@marioskublan7273 And WE left it!
He actually should be locked up & put on trial for child murders of 2 Princes. Only the cheating robbing royalty that still goes on today.
Very cool. I suspect the calm and measured demeanor belies the rather thrilling rush of adrenaline they must have been truly experiencing in that Carteresque moment.
It is the British way, no grotesque Americanisms or hype
At that moment they do not know yet. That is the first day of digging, and finding buried people in the church ground is expected. Only days later they came back and collected the bones.
They do not, here, know that this is Richard they've found...but they must have had it in mind that it could be, and surely their minds were racing...
@@boojay111 I'm sorry you feel that way.
@@AmandaFromWisconsin no need to be sorry, it is the truth. And you know it.
All my praise goes to Philippa Langley
Who found Richard III? Morris may have dug him up but he did not find him
No, Philippa Langley, the University claimed they had, but had nothing to do with it, they are a disgrace.
Yes he DID! Amateurs would not know where to dig.
@@maureenhallahan9336 The amateurs did the historical research that showed the archaeologists exactly where to dig. The amateurs spent many years persuading the authorities to allow it. Before approaching the university for assistance the amateurs contacted BBC Time Team, who turned them down (bet they’re still kicking themselves!) Finding someone to actually dig the hole wasn't easy.
The amateurs also spent years tracing Richard's living descendents and had his mitochondrial DNA sequenced. Who deserves the credit for that? The guy in the DNA lab?
It's so interesting watching a discovery that was too good to be true but it was.
Where is the original video LU? Shame on you for protecting the awful behaviour of your staff.
I find this so fascinating. History is fascinating.
Great and exciting piece of history, but SHAME ON LEICESTER, for taking the credit as if they had done it all.
At this point, they don’t know it is Richard. Did no one take a video when it begins to dawn on them that this may indeed be Richard?
A woman found these legs. Not him. These darned fancy pants people taking credit just because they are allowed to. Seriously shameful of the gov to try to take this away.from the real king finders.
Shut up
Give PHILLIPA LANGLEY the proper credit, PLUS, SIR KING RICHARD THE THIRD SOCIETY !!!!!!
Amazing how all that bldg work over centuries just didn't touch him.
Phillipa Langley not University Of Leicester
I find it incredible that the R above the grave was never investigated
Phillopi Langley found King Richard These people did not tell the truth Langley was honored by the queen for finding Richard III
Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this sun of York;
And all the clouds that lour'd upon our house
In the deep bosom of the ocean buried.
Did they recover the feet?- it was implied (I think ) in the feature film that the feet had been dug out by the excavator and was amongst the spoil.
This is Philippa Langley's discovery and NOT that of University of Leicester. You might want to say Philippa's name when discussing HER discovery.
Who the fuck is that? Reread the title
What happened to the original documentary from 2013? Can't find it anywhere
In my vault
rest in peace , not a leicester uni have anything do with it
I just would have thought trained archeologists would have been much more careful whilst digging and covering the bones. Like more aware of the history. May just be me?
You can't be too careful, otherwise you'd never get anything done, unfortunately.
That makes no sense though Caitlin. They have found the bones and after he does he just stabs carelessly almost. Sure you can have some lax sometimes but not WHEN you’ve found the bones finally. Geez
King Richard is my 1st cousin 13 times removed..
Kinda crazy to think such a famous king was killed and then just left where he fell 🫤
Not at all; they just buried him quietly in the old friary. It wouldn't have been in the Tudors' interest to create a Plantagenet monument as Henry Tudor's claim to the throne was very tenuous - hence why he married Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV, a Plantagenet king.
He’s digging pretty recklessly for an archeologist it seems
And QE2 didn't allow his burial in Westminster Abbey, what a disrespect.
He’s catholic so he wouldn’t have wanted that
The cathedral that he's now buried in is Anglican. It is archeological custom to re-bury found bodies in the nearest consecrated ground.
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What is an articulated skeleton?
I think he means a full skeleton, with the bones in their relative proper anatomical positions, not just a few, maybe scattered or bundled together.
Job done! 😂
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Phillipa Langley's place in all of this is not prominent enough.
Why was he buried under a car park?
15th century people knew that the invention of the car was just around the corner so they just wanted to make sure they got a prime location, close to the shops
Purposely stole Philippa's thunder
Those archeologists didn’t believe those were the bones of Richard, it was Phillipa Langley that insisted those leg bones were of Richard. She fought so hard to get this accomplished and the professionals then took most of the credit. I love the film line where her husband asks what she needs and she says “a penis” and he says he’d gladly give her his… and those words sum up their relationship as well as the misogyny throughout the film.
Now we know what a lying Mathew Morris looks like. No mention of Philippa Langley MBE.
I agree, without Philippa Langley there would have been NO plan, or even the idea, to try and find King Richard III. Shame on all of those "hanger on's" and "johnny come lately's." Philippa Langley deserves all of the credit for finding King Richard III. All of those other people were just "identifier's" and then they tried to claim all of the glory. They are usurper's plain and simple. Dr. George Whitehead
Imagine simping electronically.
Imagine being so stupid blah that stating facts is called simping. Here’s another fact for you, you’re a f’in idiot
I think it's wack, that we dig up the dead. It's also wack that they make wild ass claims that it's someone they only to to exist from books. What a terrible race we all are.
It’s history and he was real. Quit being dumb
And at that moment ...they had no idea who they were gawkin at lmao.
Thank you, Phillippa Langley for YOUR discovery!