The 300-year-old mummified body of a vicar has been "exceptionally well preserved" - thanks to a never-before-seen embalming method. The mummy - known locally as "The Air-Dried Priest" - was embalmed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The remains of a mysterious mummy nicknamed the “air-dried chaplain” were stored in the crypt of St. Thomas am Blasenstein, a ...

WARNING: This article contains graphic images. Reader discretion is advised. Researchers have uncovered the reason an "unusual" 18th-century mummy was preserved so well in Austria – and it's highly ...

Practices of embalming mummies differed across cultures and regions, with experts having studied a plethora of ways. Though they were analyzed at large, not every practice was known to researchers or ...

(CNN) — Stored in a church crypt in a remote Alpine village, a set of unusually well-preserved human remains has long been a rich source of rumor and speculation. Local lore suggested the mummified ...

Scientists found a mummy's abdomen filled with wood and fabric—but it's how they got in there that's strange. Reading time 2 minutes When you hear the word mummy, chances are you think of ancient ...

Chinese researchers have uncovered how an 800-year-old Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279) mummy remained remarkably preserved and fragrant, shedding new light on ancient embalming practices in East ...

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