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Old 02-04-2013, 03:30 PM   #4864
DanaC
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Originally Posted by Sundae View Post
DNA, carbon dating and all that jazz.
That and the fact that it's in the right place. There was a priory (I think) on that site at the time, and the body was in the section they'd have expected to find royal or important burials. Given that some of the accounts talk of him being buried there, it all suggested it. They then confirmed it with other techniques including DNA testing against his descendents.
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