According to the BBC, the skeleton that had been discovered during excavations in a parking lot in England really belongs to the infamous King Richard III. According to the publication, the archaeologists responsible for the finding announced that a series of tests confirmed the bone's identity.

The body was found last year, and some peculiarities indicated the possible identity of the deceased, such as a severe spinal deviation and a serious skull injury. To confirm the finding, the archaeologists - from the University of Leicester - performed numerous tests, including computed microtomography, DNA, and radiocarbon dating.

Without a doubt

(Image source: Reproduction / University of Leicester)

Tomography revealed the existence of 10 injuries - which occurred before the individual's death and not as a result of manipulation of the bones - and confirmed that the deceased suffered from scoliosis and showed signs consistent with trauma sustained during battle. Radiocarbon dating, on the other hand, pointed out that the skeleton belonged to someone in their twenties or thirties who lived in the 15th century.

Finally, the researchers collected DNA samples from the bones and compared the material obtained from still-living male descendants of the former monarch, and the tests proved beyond a doubt that the skeleton belongs to King Richard III.