Author(s)

Gérard Lucotte^1*, Eglantine D’Hérissart¹, Thierry Thomasset²

¹Institut d’Anthropologie Moléculaire, Paris, France.
²Laboratoire d’Analyse Physico-Chimique, UTC de Compiègne, France.

As a new contribution to the scientific knowledge of Holy Maria-Magdalena’s remains, we have studied by SEM-EDX some mineral particles and micro-organism debris adhering to her hair. We found on it mineral particles of gypsum, aragonite and salt, algae fragments, microorganism as diatoms, coccoliths and tintinnides, and micro-debris of Crustaceans. Such marine micro-remains indicate a past close contact of the hair with sea water.

Maria-Magdalena’s Hair, Marine Mineral Particles, Fragments of Algae, Diatoms, Coccoliths and Tintinnides, Micro-Debris of Crustaceans, SEM-EDX

Lucotte, G. , D’Hérissart, E. and Thomasset, T. (2019) Marine Micro-Remains on Holy Maria-Magdalena’s Hair, Studied by Scanning Electron Microscopy and Elemental Analysis. Archaeological Discovery, 7, 155-191. doi: 10.4236/ad.2019.73009.