Preserving Richard the Lionheart's heart

Thursday, February 28, 2013 - 12:26 in Biology & Nature

The heart of Richard the Lionheart was preserved with frankincense, mercury and mint among other sweet-smelling plants when he died in 1199, a new study finds.

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