Duke

An international team of researchers has finally confirmed the identity of a brutally murdered Hungarian duke whose skeletal remains were discovered over a century ago. Through cutting-edge forensic science and ancient DNA analysis, scientists have solved one of medieval Europe's most enduring archaeological mysteries. The victim, Duke Béla of Macsó, was a member of both the illustrious Árpád and Rurik dynasties, assassinated in a coordinated attack that left his body bearing the marks of 26 separate wounds, reveals a release by Eötvös Loránd University. The breakthrough demonstrates how modern scientific methods can breathe new life into historical investigations. When archaeologists first unearthed the bones in 1915 during excavations at a Dominican monastery on Margaret Island in Budapest, they suspected the