Document Detectives Use Smudges and Bloodstains to Investigate the Past.

The article deals with a 15th-century letter retrieved from a government archive in Sibiu, Romania by archivist Tudor Arhire which was written to the burghers of Sibiu by a man named Vlad Dracula who described himself as the prince of the Transalpine regions. Topics include the effort of archivists...

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Publicado en:Smithsonian Vol. 53; no. 6; pp. 2 - 3
Autor principal: Marchant, Jo
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Publicado: Smithsonian Magazine Nov/Dec2022
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Sumario:The article deals with a 15th-century letter retrieved from a government archive in Sibiu, Romania by archivist Tudor Arhire which was written to the burghers of Sibiu by a man named Vlad Dracula who described himself as the prince of the Transalpine regions. Topics include the effort of archivists Arhire and Marilena Marginean and protein detectives Gleb and Svetlana Zilberstein to test the letter for chemical traces of Dracula and Dracula's description as a cruel ruler of Wallachia.