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Georgian Martyr Queen's Remains Found in Goa
Archaeology ^ | Monday, December 23, 2013 | editors

Posted on 12/25/2013 2:54:19 PM PST by SunkenCiv

An arm bone retreived from the pieces of a stone sarcophogus found in the ruins of a church in Goa on the west coast of India likely belonged to Ketevan, the 17th century queen of the Kingdom of Kakheti in eastern Georgia. Literary sources say that when Kakheti was conquered by the Persians in 1613, Ketevan was taken prisoner. After refusing to join the Persian emperor's harem, she was tortured and killed 11 years later, and a portion of her body was said to have been taken to St. Augustine's Chuch in Goa and kept on a window. Since the mid-1800s, the church has fallen into ruin, but Georgian and Indian archaeologists managed to recover an arm bone from what was left of the stone box. Analysis of mitochondrial DNA from the bone suggests its much more likely to have come from a Georgian than an Indian, providing a tantalizing clue that it could be Ketevan's.

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TOPICS: History; Religion; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: georgia; godsgravesglyphs; helixmakemineadouble; india; iran; kingdomofkakheti; persia; queenketevan; shahofiran
St. Queen Ketevan(Wikimedia Commons)

St. Queen Ketevan(Wikimedia Commons)

1 posted on 12/25/2013 2:54:19 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 12/25/2013 2:55:41 PM PST by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
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To: SunkenCiv

Further proof Muslims suck.


3 posted on 12/25/2013 3:06:41 PM PST by vladimir998
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To: SunkenCiv
After refusing to join the Persian emperor's harem, she was tortured and killed 11 years later ...

Don't rush yourselves or anything.

4 posted on 12/25/2013 3:13:01 PM PST by Tax-chick ("Our infinite sadness can only be cured by an infinite love." ~Pope Francis)
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To: Tax-chick

That had a really long court docket in those days.


5 posted on 12/25/2013 3:16:47 PM PST by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: TigersEye

So many people to torture and kill, so little time.


6 posted on 12/25/2013 3:17:40 PM PST by Tax-chick ("Our infinite sadness can only be cured by an infinite love." ~Pope Francis)
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These historical sources stated that Ketevan's palm and arm bone fragments were kept inside a stone urn beneath a specific window within the Chapter Chapel of the Augustinian convent. - Ketevan the Martyr

Catholic ping!

7 posted on 12/25/2013 3:23:07 PM PST by NYer ("The wise man is the one who can save his soul. - St. Nimatullah Al-Hardini)
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To: Tax-chick

Maybe they were takin’ their time, gettin’ it right.


8 posted on 12/25/2013 3:37:26 PM PST by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
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To: Tax-chick
People think it's easy being a bloodthirsty conqueror.
You should walk a meter in their gold and silk royal
slippers before criticizing. ;^P
9 posted on 12/25/2013 3:39:51 PM PST by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: Tax-chick

ROP


10 posted on 12/25/2013 3:59:57 PM PST by 353FMG
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To: SunkenCiv

Rapists, torturers, enslavers, murderers, you name - it all covers Mohammedans.


11 posted on 12/25/2013 4:38:35 PM PST by ZULU (Impeach that Bastard Barrack Hussein Obama the Doctor Mengele of Medical Care)
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To: SunkenCiv

Gotta tweak it a little here and there.


12 posted on 12/25/2013 4:39:02 PM PST by Scrambler Bob ( Concerning bo -- that refers to the president. If I capitalize it, I mean the dog.)
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To: Tax-chick

What, and miss out on all the fun?


13 posted on 12/25/2013 5:01:09 PM PST by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: SunkenCiv

No, but seriously, fascinating.


14 posted on 12/25/2013 5:02:25 PM PST by RichInOC (2013-14 Tiber Swim Team)
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To: SunkenCiv

RIP, martyr queen.


15 posted on 12/26/2013 7:12:24 AM PST by Bigg Red (Let the lying lips be dumb, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.--Ps3)
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To: SunkenCiv

Hmmm. I did some checking because this article doesn’t make much sense. The Queen was tortured and murdered because she would not convert to Islam. Maybe the Shah wanted in her knickers too, but religion was the issue. Remains were taken away to Goa to be housed in a Christian convent. Portuguese missionaries are supposed to have witnessed her martyrdom.


16 posted on 12/30/2013 5:37:31 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: colorado tanker

Thanks ct.


17 posted on 12/30/2013 5:47:57 PM PST by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
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