Skeleton of Three Musketeers hero d’Artagnan may have been found buried under church

Archaeologists believe they may have uncovered the remains of Charles de Batz de Castelmore d’Artagnan - (Reuters)

The skeleton of a French ​nobleman whose life inspired Alexandre Dumas’ ​The Three Musketeers may have been found buried in a church in the Dutch city of Maastricht, officials say.

Workers discovered a grave containing human remains underneath tiles after part of the floor ​of St Peter and Paul Church subsided last month, triggering a challenge ​to identify the skeleton through DNA testing.