Posted AT 8:47 PM EDT on 13/02/06
Expert to analyze supposed bones of Joan of Arc
Garches, France — A team of experts plans a series of tests to determine whether Joan of Arc's supposed remains – a rib bone and some skin – may indeed have belonged to the 15th-century French heroine burned at the stake after a trial for heresy.
It is thought that the ashes of Joan of Arc, now a saint and a legend, were thrown into the Seine.
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