Overview
- In February, a collapsed nave floor at Maastricht’s Sint-Petrus-en-Pauluskerk exposed a skeleton buried beneath the site of a former altar.
- Archaeologists are examining the bones in Deventer while a Munich lab runs a DNA check against paternal-line relatives to assess a match.
- A French coin found near the remains and the burial’s location under an altar suggest a prominent individual, according to deacon Jos Valke.
- Some reports describe a musket ball lodged near the chest or neck, which would align with accounts that d’Artagnan died from a gunshot during the 1673 siege.
- Local broadcaster L1 first reported the find this week, and European outlets have amplified the story as experts stress that identification depends on lab results.