Richard Taws is reader in History of Art at University College London.

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The Chapelle Expiatoire (chapel of atonement) in Paris. Photo: Gilles Target/Photo 12/Alamy Stock Photo

Bones of contention – what does the discovery of human remains at the Chapelle Expiatoire mean?

The discovery of remains of victims of the Terror in a chapel dedicated to Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette complicates our understanding of the monument

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