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Anthony McCarten • Going Zero: A Novel




Leonardo was buried in the church of the Château d’Amboise, but the current location of his remains is another mystery. That church was demolished in the early nineteenth century, and sixty years later the site was excavated and a collection of bones found that may have been those of Leonardo. The bones were reburied at the chapel of Saint-Hubert a
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During his lifetime, the Sultan had built himself a massive tomb of red sandstone. This he erected in the very centre of Jahanpanah, the new city of Delhi he had first built, then destroyed.
William Dalrymple • City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi
When the archaeologists reached the inner chamber, they found its contents completely intact – it hadn’t been robbed,like so many of the other, more obvious burial mounds in the area. Inside, they discovered a tomb, containing a wealth of treasure and the mortal remains of a man who quickly became known as the Hochdorf Prince