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

no longer visible. Dr Judit Olasz,

however,

found dissolved mud residue in the reaction buffer while isolating the DNA from the skeletons bone sample.

• They

did not consider that the contemporary drawing of the grave (Figure 13) may have been inaccurate, resulting in the number of bones in the drawing differing from those of the actual skeleton under investigation.

• In

Chapter 7, we compare the A-STR marker pattern of the various bones of skeleton II/52_3 with each other and King Béla

Ill’s corresponding marker pattern. The analysis demonstrated that all of the bones belonged to skeleton 11/52, and we also found that all of the A-STR markers contain a (maternal) allele that is identical to King Béla

Ill

’s corresponding marker pattern. This information is genetic proof that the skeleton of the man found in 1883 was not swapped.

The conclusion from all of this is that such firm opinions, like the one held by Éry

’s working

group, i.e. that the skeleton had been swapped, should be based on much more extensive evidence.

After the investigations, Éry

’s working

group wrapped up the skeletons individually, marked their outer layer with metal threads, and put them back in the copper containers made in 1898, which were in turn reinterred on April 18 in the sarcophagus in the crypt of the Matthias Church.

Dr László

Józsa (2014)

wrote a review of the monograph edited by Éry

entitled

“

Vajúdtak a hegyek és egeret szültek” [The

mountains are in labor, a ridiculous mouse will be born.] which has not been published to this day. His work contains several critical statements, but according to the author the main issues were:

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