Archive for April, 2007

Joan of Arc remains ‘are fakes’

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

Joan of Arc remains ‘are fakes’:

    Bones thought to be the holy remains of 15th Century French heroine Joan of Arc were in fact made from an Egyptian mummy and a cat, research has revealed.

    In 1867, a jar was found in a Paris pharmacy attic, along with a label claiming it held relics of Joan’s body.

    But new forensic tests suggest that the remains date from between the third and sixth centuries BC – hundreds of years before Joan was even born.

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