An Ignominious Grave
Richard III's humiliations didn't end with his body's desecration. Even his grave shows signs of disrespect. It appears to have been hastily dug, its dimensions too small for his body. To make him fit, he wasn't even laid flat to rest, but propped partially upright.
His skeleton was also pushed to one side of the grave, as if someone standing inside had received the body, dumped it down, and climbed out without bothering to rearrange its position.
"The haste may partially be explained by the fact that Richard’s damaged body had already been on public display for several days in the height of summer, and was thus in poor condition," wrote the researchers in Antiquity.