理查三世驼背或为毁谤之说

Study: King Richard Ⅲ Maligned as Hunchback

对英格兰理查三世骨架的最新研究表明,这位中世纪国王尽管可能存在脊柱弯曲问题,但他并不是驼背。2012年人们在英格兰中部一个停车场下发现了这位15世纪国王的骸骨,科学家随后对其背部遗骸进行扫描,复制每块骨头以重塑脊柱。研究人员说,尽管理查三世患有严重的脊柱侧凸症,但他远非莎士比亚笔下那个跛行且一臂萎缩的“驼背癞蛤蟆”。

He may have had a twisted spine, but England＇s King Richard Ⅲ was no hunchback, according to a new analysis of the medieval king＇s skeleton. After the bones of the 15th-century king were discovered under a parking lot in central England in 2012, scientists scanned the remains of Richard Ⅲ＇s back and created replicas of each bone to reconstruct his spine. The researchers said while Richard Ⅲ had a severe case of scoliosis, he was far from the limping depicted with a withered arm Shakespeare＇ s play.