BANFIELD: Sometimes when you pave paradise and put up a parking lot, some pretty amazing things get locked underground for a long time, like a medieval king of England, Richard III, whose bones have just surfaced and have just been identified by some very excited scientists.</s>RICHARD BUCKLEY, LEAD ARCHAEOLOGIST: It is the academic conclusion of the University of Leicester that beyond reasonable doubt the individual exhumed at Greyfriars in September 2012 is, indeed, Richard III.</s>BANFIELD: OK, so, that's about as excited as scientists usually get. But make no mistake, identifying the arch villain of English royal lore is a big deal. If you go back to your high school Shakespeare, Richard is the one who supposedly killed his nephew so that he himself could take the throne. Here's CNN's Erin McLaughlin.</s>ERIN MCLAUGHLIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: For over 500 years, this was the resting place of King Richard III. What was once the location of a church is now in municipal car park. Archaeologists found his remains here in an ill-fitting shallow, hastily dug grave. They say that he did not have any sort of shroud or coffin. Now, earlier today, a panel of experts released their findings, culmination of months of detailed analysis involving DNA testing, bio- carbon testing, environmental sampling and they can now say beyond any reasonable doubt they have found the remains of King Richard</s>III. DR. TURI KING, PROJECT GENETICIST, UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER: And I can now tell you there's a DNA match between the maternal DNA from the descendants of the family of Richard III and the skeletal remains we found at the Greyfriars dig. In short, the DNA evidence points to these being the remains of Richard</s>III. MCLAUGHLIN: Richard III will be reburied at Leicester Cathedral which is not far from here. Officials say that they're planning to hold a memorial service in his honor so that he can have one final resting place, they say, that is dignified and fit for a king.
Remains of Richard III Found Beneath Parking Lot