Third. Prince Vlad of Havasvold, Vlad Tepes and Count Dracula The name covers the same person. The king ruled Romania for several shorter periods, first in 1448, then between 1456 and 1462, and finally in 1476 for about a month. The Person of the Prince, also known as Vlad the Impaler, gained wider recognition after its publication in 1897 Dracula authorized Bram Stoker A novel he wrote, supposedly based on his life.
Although Dracula himself is a fictional person, and it’s impossible to say with certainty that all elements of what you read in the book reflect the personality of the former ruler, there are telltale signs. One is that, according to some assumptions, he was nicknamed Dracul by his subjects, which means dragon or devil in the Romanian language – a reference to how cruel he was. In addition, several others Unanswered question There are also questions about Prince, some of which we may get an answer to soon. Scientists have extracted biomolecules from a letter to the prince from 1475, which they hope will give a complete picture of how the prince lived. In fact.
All will be revealed
The said letter is dated August 4, 1475, and was written by a man who calls himself Duke of Havasalfold in the text to the citizens of Greater Sibiu. He informs the townspeople that he too will soon be living there. Also at the bottom is his signature: Vlad Dracula. As mentioned by the scientists Gleb and Svetlana Zilberstein, they hope that the biochemical traces extracted from his letter will reveal all the hitherto unknown details about the king.
They added that the sweat, fingerprints and saliva found in the document could provide insight into the life of the historical figure. According to their claim, they will be able to provide information not only about his physical structure, but also about his health, lifestyle and nutrition. As they explain, they hope to be able to provide a more accurate picture of how the ruler, who was notorious mainly for impaling his enemies, lived in the 15th century.
By the way, the two scientists, Gleb and Svetlana Zilberstein, are from Kazakhstan and call themselves primarily historical chemists. As reported by The Guardian, an excerpt from the letter was taken on the exact day Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula was published 125 years ago.
We did not specifically plan for this date. After extracting Dracula’s genetic material, it rained all night, dogs howled and lightning flashed. The atmosphere was really magical
– It is to explain Gleb Zilberstein.
This is how the process works
As reported by Svetlana Zilberstein, their main task is to find biochemical traces of the monarch on the paper, and then begin to analyze them. Its composition and age are also checked. He added that they mainly look at proteins and metabolites. There is a simple explanation of why this method is used. A person’s DNA remains the same throughout their life, but degrades over time, providing very different information than the proteins encoded by DNA.
Proteins, unlike DNA – which determine the identity of a person, to trace your ancestry It can be a great help – especially for exampleThey can provide an accurate picture of our health, lifestyle, nutrition, and habits.
This is not the first time such an investigation has been carried out
At the same time, the researchers were the first to conduct such an examination not on a letter written by the governor, but on the writer Mikhail Bulgakov. The Master and Margarita on the manuscript of his novel. Morphine and proteins indicating kidney disease were found on the page, proving that Bulgakov had kidney pain while writing the volume, for which he took the medicine.
According to Svetlana Zilberstein, in the case of the Prince of Havasvold, they would expect to get a complete picture of his molecular profile, which would reflect the state he was in when he wrote the letter.
(Cover image: Photo by Vlad Tepes. Photo: Stefano Bianchetti/Corbis/Getty Images)
