Off With His Head! DNA Connects Louis XVI to Gruesome Relic
The Execution of King Louis XVI
DNA evidence has connected a gruesome relic to the execution of the French King, Louis XVI, 1793. The report provokes thoughts on the nature of relics. And power.
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