Caravaggio's presumed remains retrieved

Italian geologist Antonio Moretti (right) organises bones presumed to be part of baroque artist Michelangelo Merisi (also known as Caravaggio), at the Porto Ercole cemetery. Italian scientists collected from a small chapel bones that are presumed to be the remains of celebrated Renaissance artist Caravaggio who died 400 years ago. The remains were placed in aluminium boxes and taken to the University of Bologna's Ravenna campus where they are to be compared with those of descendants of the artist's family. The project is led by anthropology professor Giorgio Grupponi, who also worked on the reconstruction of the face of Middle Ages poet Dante Alighieri that was unveiled in 2007.