Bizarre Story of the Day: Joan of Arc's Ashes to Go Under French Microscope
Jeanne d'Arc
Image source: PhysOrg.com
Image source: PhysOrg.com
An AFP newswire article, via PhysOrg.com, reports that:
French doctors are to study the ashes of the 15th-century maiden-warrior Joan of Arc, who was burned at the stake at age 19, in a quest for new insight into her extraordinary life, they announced Monday.
Philippe Charlier, the forensic scientist behind the project, told AFP that his team would spend six months analysing relics said to be from her pyre, including bone fragments, human tissue and wood.
By studying the relics' biochemical and molecular makeup, they hope to precisely date and authenticate them but also perhaps to discover new facts about the French military heroine and Roman Catholic saint.
posted by Fergie @ 2/13/2006 09:31:00 AM
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