Medieval Palace Intrigue-- Fourteenth Century Poison Ring Found

From Discovery News:
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Bulgarian archaeologists have unearthed a medieval bronze ring that might have been used for political murders some 700 years ago, local authorities have announced.

Found at the site of a former medieval fortress in Cape Kaliakra, not far from the Black Sea coastal town of Kavarna in northeast Bulgaria, the finely crafted ring was probably worn by a male on the little finger of the right hand.

Intriguingly, it features a round, hollow cartridge decorated with granulation and an artificial hole.

"The cartridge was adapted into the ring for the poison to be poured into a glass quite seamlessly," the Kavarna municipality said in a statement.
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