Miklós Kásler - Zoltán Szentirmay (szerk.): Identifying the Árpád Dynasty Skeletons Interred in the Matthias Church. Applying data from historical, archaeological, anthropological, radiological, morphological, radiocarbon dating and genetic research (Budapest, 2021)

CHAPTER THREE – Archaeological, anthropological and radiological data

the fetus found in the female skeletons pelvis, unearthed alongside the former. These two skeletons received the serial numbers 3 and 4, respectively.

The second copper container contained the complete skeleton labelled “G” (number 5) recovered from the northern aisle, the third copper container contained the complete skeleton labelled “H” (number 6) next to the one in grave “G”, while the fourth copper container contained a large quantity of skull fragments, and, the skeletal remains of the 14 persons arranged separately. In the current investigations, these were numbered II/53_7, II/109_8, II/54_9, II/55_10, II/56_11, whereas the fractured skulls were numbered VI/1_13, VI/2_15, VI/3_17. The opening of the containers and the various investigations were documented in film, photographs and writing, which are kept in the National Museum. In this case, the anthropological studies were conducted by János

Nemeskéri, Antónia Marcsik, Ferenc Szalai and Kinga Éry, while

stomatologist Gábor

Kocsis carried

out the dental investigations. Radiological diagnostics were conducted by radiologist György

Luzsa.

Other examinations were conducted by the following persons: trace elements by physicists József

Bacsó and

Imre Uzonyi, RH antigens by serologist Zsófia

Santora,

and blood types by forensic doctors Árpád

Szabó and

Zsuzsanna Váczy.

Geologist

József

Konda and chemical engineer Éva

Orcsik

studied the imprints left on the marble bottom of the graves by the bodies of Béla

III

and Queen Anne of Antioch. Also on the committee was medical biophysicist Dr József Tigyi.

Based on all of the above, the investigation concluded unequivocally and in alignment with Érdys

original

determination that the royal couple was indeed Béla

III

and his wife, Queen Anne of Antioch (Éry

2008;

Luzsa et

al.

1988; 1989).

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