The archaeologists who had been excavating a parking lot in Leicester, England thought to be the site of Richard III's grave, found a skeleton that may be the remains of Richard III. The testing will take awhile, and it is unclear whether they can get DNA from the skeleton, but it is still very exciting.
The article mentioned that the archaeologists found two skeletons "a female skeleton that was broken apart at the joints was discovered in what is believed to be the Presbytery of the lost Church; the other skeleton, which appears to be an adult male, was found in the church choir and shows signs of trauma to the skull and back before death, which would be consistent with a battle injury, the researchers said." The male skeleton also showed signs of scoliosis, which would explain why contemporary accounts of Richard described him as having one shoulder higher than the other, and which later led to the mistaken description of him as being a hunchbank.
There is also an updated picture gallery, which showed some of the findings, like a medieval penny and the stone frieze.
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