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Pioneering DNA Test Proves Historical Hypothesis in Bulgaria
Society | October 28, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00
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A pioneering DNA analysis carried out by experts from a Sofia-based criminology institute has proven that hair kept in the Martial History Museum in Bulgaria's capital belonged to Vassil Levski, the charismatic leader of Bulgarians' fight against the Ottoman rule in the 19th century and the coiuntry's greatest national hero.
Scientists made a DNA test on samples of the hair and compared the results to those of a DNA test of the grand-grand-daughter of Levski's sister, to find the samples matching.
Besides proving the "hair hypothesis," this analysis gives hope to researchers around the world that historic personalities now can be easily identified. The test used the latest novelties in molecular genetics.
Legendary revolutionary Levski, whom Bulgarians call the Apostle of Freedom, was born in the small town of Karlovo in 1837. The theory which started growing in his mind around the end of the 1860s, turned out to be a leap forward for the Bulgarian liberation movement. According to many historians, Levski was betrayed by a Bulgarian orthodox priest, and captured by Turkish authorities who sentenced him to death in 1873.
Scientists made a DNA test on samples of the hair and compared the results to those of a DNA test of the grand-grand-daughter of Levski's sister, to find the samples matching.
Besides proving the "hair hypothesis," this analysis gives hope to researchers around the world that historic personalities now can be easily identified. The test used the latest novelties in molecular genetics.
Legendary revolutionary Levski, whom Bulgarians call the Apostle of Freedom, was born in the small town of Karlovo in 1837. The theory which started growing in his mind around the end of the 1860s, turned out to be a leap forward for the Bulgarian liberation movement. According to many historians, Levski was betrayed by a Bulgarian orthodox priest, and captured by Turkish authorities who sentenced him to death in 1873.
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