在印度西部挖掘出的文物可能属于格鲁吉亚王后卡捷万。

Relic excavated in western India is probably of Georgian Queen Ketevan.

机构信息

CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad 500007, India.

Archeological Survey of India, Bhopal Circle India.

出版信息

Mitochondrion. 2014 Jan;14(1):1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.mito.2013.12.002. Epub 2013 Dec 16.

DOI:10.1016/j.mito.2013.12.002

PMID:24355295

Abstract

History has well documented the execution of Queen Ketevan of Georgia by the Persian Emperor of modern day Iran. Based on historical records, in 1624 two Augustinian friars unearthed the queen's remains and one of them brought the relic to the St. Augustine convent in Goa, India. We carried out ancient DNA analysis on the human bone remains excavated from the St. Augustine convent by sequencing and genotyping of the mitochondrial DNA. The investigations of the remains revealed a unique mtDNA haplogroup U1b, which is absent in India, but present in Georgia and surrounding regions. Since our genetic analysis corroborates archaeological and literary evidence, it is likely that the excavated bone belongs to Queen Ketevan of Georgia.

摘要

历史记载了近代伊朗的波斯皇帝处决格鲁吉亚王后卡捷万的事件。根据历史记载，1624 年，两位奥古斯丁修士挖出了王后的遗骸，其中一位将遗物带到了印度果阿的圣奥古斯丁女修院。我们对从圣奥古斯丁女修院挖掘出的人类骨骼遗骸进行了古代 DNA 分析，对线粒体 DNA 进行了测序和基因分型。对遗骸的研究揭示了一个独特的线粒体 DNA 单倍群 U1b，它在印度不存在，但在格鲁吉亚和周边地区存在。由于我们的基因分析与考古学和文学证据相符，因此挖掘出的骨骼很可能属于格鲁吉亚的卡捷万王后。