Near the tomb of King Richard III. have discovered a magnificent stone coffin archaeologists. When lifting the lid it came the surprise: Below that is another lead coffin. Who’s buried so expensive?

Simply squeezed into a small pit: The deceased in 1485 King Richard III. truly received no state funeral. Only after archaeologists have discovered his remains about a year ago, it will now be buried with all honors. The parish of Leicester has announced the king to be buried in the coming year in the interior of the cathedral.

But while Richard III. was buried so careless in the English city on the site of the Franciscan church, someone else got a very decent burial. As archaeologists from the University of Leicester say they have discovered a completely intact stone coffin in which probably a knight or a high-ranking cleric was either buried. Search the scientists an area where once stood a monastery of the Franciscans, before the excavation, it was used as a parking lot.

Archeologists carefully lifted the stone lid of the now seven-foot long coffin – and found in a second of lead. Only the feet of the deceased are visible because the lower end of the lead sheath is made ​​of holes. At the head of a crucifix emblazoned on the lead.

As exciting as the discovery of Richard III.

“No one from the team has not seen a lead-in a stone coffin,” says Mathew Morris of the University of Leicester. “We will now work out only once, as we can safely open it without damaging something inside.”

Archaeologists have discovered the coffin last September. They had only just now have the opportunity to open it. “We wanted to examine the stone coffin strongly during the excavation,” says Morris. “For me, he is just as exciting as the discovery of Richard III.”

The researchers have some guesses, who was buried there. It could be Sir William de Moton of Peckleton, a knight in the middle of the 14th Century died. Or was it a leader of the English Franciscan Order – come into question Swynsfeld Peter, who died in 1272, and William of Nottingham, who was buried 1330. However, since many people have been buried in the ground, this can never solve puzzles to you.

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