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For centuries, the final resting place of the legendary French musketeer who inspired Alexandre Dumas's swashbuckling tales has remained a profound historical mystery. Now, archaeologists and church officials in the Netherlands believe they have finally solved it. Subsiding floor tiles in a historic Maastricht church have revealed a skeleton that experts are "99% certain" belongs to Charles de Batz de Castelmore, better known to the world as d'Artagnan. This remarkable discovery could provide the final chapter to the life of a man whose exploits blurred the lines between history and literature. The dramatic unearthing occurred at the St. Peter and Paul Church in Wolder, a district of Maastricht, during routine maintenance repairs. Workers noticed the floor collapsing near the altar