It is a real “cold case” that the National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (Inrap) and the Toulouse University Hospital are in the process of solving.
Ten months after the discovery of two lead coffins during excavations carried out at the crossing of the transept of Notre-Dame de Paris, the bodies are talking.
As soon as they were discovered, the two sarcophagi were transported to the forensic institute of the Toulouse University Hospital to be appraised, and to prevent them from being contaminated by lead, which is very present in the rubble of the cathedral.
The CHU, which has already studied the mummy of Louise de Quengo, has state-of-the-art medical imaging equipment (histology, microscopes, scanners, x-rays).
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In November, a team looked into these two strangers whose discovery had caused a stir.
We now know that one of the coffins contains the body of Antoine de la Porte, a canon who died in 1710 at the age of 83.
“A plaque was affixed, with an epitaph allowing it to be identified with certainty”
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