Josie Ford
Find the emperor’s heart
Holy Roman Emperor Otto the Great certainly wasn’t, in the purest medical sense, heartless. But now he is. The search is on to find his missing heart, though it isn’t abundantly clear who could lay legal claim to it. It isn’t even clear whether the heart still exists.
But maybe it does. And if Emperor Otto’s ticker is findable, the folks at the Monastery and Imperial Palace Museum of Memleben, Germany, want you to help them get their hands on it. Behold their invitation.
“Emperor Otto the Great died in the Imperial Palace 1050 years ago. His burial took place in …