Fully dressed and preserved 350-year-old corpse of French noblewoman found | World news... - 0 views
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17th century widow Louise de Quengo, wearing her shoes and cap, was found along with heart of her husband in lead coffin
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French archaeologists have uncovered the well-preserved body of a noblewoman who died 350 years ago – along with the clothes in which she was buried, including her cap and shoes, still intact.
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The corpse of Louise de Quengo, a widow from an aristocratic family from Brittany, was discovered in an hermetically sealed lead coffin placed in a stone tomb at a convent chapel in the western city of Rennes.
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