Royal Buzzkill: Gourd Doesn't Hold Louis XVI's Blood

Thursday, October 10, 2013 - 15:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

A decorative gourd believed to contain the blood of French King Louis XVI is a fake, according to a new DNA analysis that also questions the identification of a mummified head said to belong to Louis XVI's ancestor, Henry IV.

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