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  title info:
    title: When science sheds light on history
    sub title: forensic science and anthropology
  name:
    name part: Charlier, Philippe
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Alliot, David
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Ruben, Isabelle
    role:
      role term: translator.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: flu
    date issued: 2017
    copyright date: 2017
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  language:
    language term: fre
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xviii, 170 pages ; 23 cm.
  abstract: Did Richard the Lionheart really die from a simple crossbow wound, or was there foul play? Who are the two infants buried in Tutankhamun's tomb? Could a skull found in a tax collector's attic be the long-lost head of Henri IV? In When Science Sheds Light on History, Philippe Charlier, the "Indiana Jones of the graveyards," travels the globe to unravel these and other unsolved mysteries of human history. To get answers, Charlier looks for clues in medical records, fingerprints and bloodstains. He reconstructs the face of Robespierre from masks molded from his body after death and analyzes charred bones to see if they really are Joan of Arc's. He discovers lethal levels of gold in the hair and bones of King Henry II's mistress Diane de Poitiers, who used gold salts to "preserve her eternal youth." Charlier also pieces together the stories of people whose names and lives have long been forgotten. He investigates Stone Age graves, medieval necropolises and museum collections. Playing the role of both crime-scene investigator and forensic anthropologist, Charlier diagnoses a mummy with malaria, an ancient Greek child with Down syndrome and a stately Roman with encephalitis. He also delves into ancient miracles and anomalies, a mute boy able to speak after making sacrifices to the gods, a woman pregnant for five years and a serpent that cured a broken toe with its tongue. Exploring how our ancestors lived and how they died, the forty cases in this book seek to answer some of history's most enduring questions and illustrate the power of science to reveal the secrets of the past.
  note: Philippe Charlier with David Alliot ; translated by Isabelle Ruben.
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  subject:
    topic: Forensic anthropology
    genre: Case studies
  subject:
    topic: Paleopathology
    genre: Case studies
  subject:
    topic: Medical archaeology
    genre: Case studies
  subject:
    topic: Medical jurisprudence
    genre: Case studies
  subject:
    topic: Physical anthropology and history
  subject:
    topic: History
    topic: Research
  classification: CC79.F67 C43 2017
  classification: 614.17
  identifier: 0813056543
  identifier: 9780813056548
  identifier: 2017938939
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 170414
    record change date: 20180214132314.0
    record identifier: in00003894465