Skeleton discovered in Dutch church may belong to 17th-century French musketeer d'Artagnan
Workers repairing the Church of St Peter and St Paul in Maastricht, Netherlands discovered a skeleton that archaeologists believe could belong to Charles de Batz-Castelmore, known as d'Artagnan, who died during the 1673 siege of Maastricht. The skeleton was found buried under the altar with a French coin from the period and what appears to be the musket ball that killed him. DNA samples have been taken and are being analyzed in Germany to compare with samples from d'Artagnan's descendants.
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“Archaeologist may have uncovered the remains of D'Artagnan, the famed French musketeer - CNN”CNN CNN LEFT
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“Archaeologists may have found d'Artagnan's remains 350 years after legendary musketeer's death”NYP NY Post RIGHT
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A musket ball was found with the skeleton.
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