![]() The researchers created a digital facial reconstruction and ran computer tomography scans, showing the skull was consistent with all known portraits of Henry IV and a plaster mold made of his face after his death. "This head is Henri IV's head."įrank Ruehli, of the University of Zurich and the Swiss Mummy project, said Tuesday the research was credible, but that DNA evidence would have made it more persuasive. We have so much proof supporting the identification, at least 30 factors, and none of it goes against the identification," he said. "We don't have any DNA, but we can manage without it. Research team leader Philippe Charlier, a forensic medical examiner at Raymond Poincare University Hospital in Garches, west of Paris, say scientists don't have genetic proof - but the other evidence appears definitive. A TV documentary on the case is planned for broadcast in France in February, said Galet's production company, Galaxie Presse. The journalist said Bellanger did not want to speak to the media, and declined to say where he lived or how he could be contacted.īellanger gave the head to Bourbon, out of respect for the family legacy, Galet said. I have enough points for one UU and was thinking about grabbing Henri IV and going for a full DPM build, as I'm unsatisfied with Zao and would like to play a good Tier 10 HE spamming CA. ![]() ![]() "Having a mummified head, you know you've got an archaeological relic," said Galet. Bellanger bought it from the wife in 1955 for 5,000 francs - equal to a few hundred dollars today. A French couple bought the head at Paris auction house Druout in the early 1900s, Gabet said. ![]()
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