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To: blam
The 16-year-old, Garcia, was rumored to have slain his 19-year-old brother, Giovanni, after an argument during a hunting trip in 1562. In a rage, Cosimo I then supposedly ran Garcia through with his sword, and Eleanora died less than a week later from a broken heart.

Is there an un-written rule that the skeleton must bear signs of any violent death?

Slain during a hunting trip? Did he sneak up and slit his brother's throat?
Run through with his sword? At about naval height? But perhaps off to the right a bit?

Edged weapons can easily kill without contacting bone. Sure, this new theory could be right, and the culprit may have been malaria. But examining the bones cannot offer any proof.

4 posted on 03/11/2005 12:17:23 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (The fourth estate is a fifth column.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

They found the mosquito's confession.


8 posted on 03/11/2005 6:39:45 PM PST by chickenlips
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