In 1272 CE, a Hungarian duke was murdered in cold blood. Details surrounding the grisly killing of the 13th century Hungarian duke named Béla of Macsó have remained murky for centuries. The duke met his demise at the hand of enemies, but far less is known about what motivated his killers or how the attack really unfolded. A murder with ‘intense emotional involvement’After this chance discovery,archaeologists, geneticists, and dentists began a multiyear effort to finally understand how and why the duke met his grisly end. After confirming that the remains actually belonged to Béla of Macsó, the team sought to reconstruct the duke’s crime scene based on his many injuries.