Unclear if French Musketeer d’Artagnan’s Bones Were Found, Research Shows
Officials said archaeological, historical and genetic tests are still needed because the remains cannot yet be definitively identified.
- On Thursday, Maastricht city authorities announced that a skeleton found beneath a local church cannot be conclusively identified as Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan, requiring six more months of research.
- Retired archaeologist Wim Dijkman conducted an unauthorized initial excavation at the St Peter and Paul Church without permits or proper methodology, causing irreversible loss of archaeological context.
- Scientific analysis showed the individual consumed a diet with 27 to 30 percent saltwater fish, a profile researchers note is inconsistent with d'Artagnan's Gascon origins and his years in Paris and Lille.
- Dijkman's actions—including storing bones in a plastic box—irreversibly lost valuable information, according to Maastricht city hall officials, limiting experts' ability to date the grave or confirm the skeleton's identity.
- Researchers will continue genetic and historical analysis to determine if the remains belong to the figure who inspired Alexandre Dumas's 1844 novel, The Three Musketeers, though officials admit the true identity remains unclear.
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Is the skeleton discovered in a church in Maastricht that of D'Artagnan? The mystery thickens while the first results of the analyses have just been revealed.
Archaeology: Researchers from the Municipality of Maastricht said on Thursday that they need at least another six months to determine whether the remains under a church in March…
DEXYPTAGE - The first results of the analyses do not yet make it possible to decide on the identity of the remains discovered last March. The polemics on how the excavations were carried out resurface.
The remains of a body, which could be the one of the famous Musketeer, still needs to be analyzed at length to deliver its secrets
Unclear if French musketeer d’Artagnan’s bones were found, research
AMSTERDAM: A skeleton found beneath a Maastricht church this year could not be conclusively identified as that of famed French musketeer Charles de Batz de Castelmore d’Artagnan, city authorities said on Thursday, with some findings raising fresh questions about the theory. “For now, the true origin of the skeleton and the circumstances of death remain unclear. Further
Unclear if French musketeer d’Artagnan’s bones were found, research shows
A skeleton found beneath a Maastricht church this year could not be conclusively identified as that of famed French musketeer Charles de Batz de Castelmore d’Artagnan, city authorities said on Thursday, with some findings raising fresh questions about the theory.
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