Ruská (Dobóruszka in Hungarian), once a part of Hungary, was the scene of earlier excavations for Dobó?s remains in 1914. However, work was interrupted by the start of WWI. Now, more than ninety years later, excavators plan to use DNA from the remains of Dobó?s son, Ferenc Dobó, buried in Sárospatak, northeast Hungary, to confirm whether any of the remains so far excavated are his.
Anthropologist Balázs Gusztáv Mende, of the Hungarian Academy of Science?s Anthropology Institute, has already confirmed a pathologist?s findings that remains from two metal coffins excavated at the site are of women. Now the team of excavators is looking for a central tomb under the church?s sanctuary which should contain Dobó?s remains.
Funds are running out, however. Still, Lakatos insists the work will continue with the support of committed locals. ?We are happy to see all those interested, even while excavation goes on,? he added.
The siege of Eger and Dobó?s courage were celebrated in Géza Gárdonyi?s classic novel Eclipse of the Crescent Moon.
Source: www.mult-kor.hu
