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CT scans unveil mysteries of 18th-century Austrian priest mummy
A recent study unravels a centuries-old mystery surrounding a mummified clergyman in Austria. Researchers from Ludwig ...
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‘Air-Dried Chaplain’ Mummy Impeccably Preserved — Thanks To Unique Rectal Procedure
The 18th-century mummy of Franz Xaver Sidler, dubbed the "Air-Dried Chaplain," was preserved using a unique embalming ...
A mummy called the ‘air-dried chaplain’ has long been shrouded in mystery. Scientists say they now have answers
Scientists have studied an enigmatic mummy from the crypt of an Austrian church and revealed an unusual embalming method and ...
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This Priest Was Embalmed With Wood Chips Through His Rectum—And It Worked Surprisingly Well
Scientists had long suspected that the body in the crypt was Sidler, a local vicar whose preserved remains inspired whispers ...
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A mummy called the ‘air-dried chaplain’ has long been shrouded in mystery. Scientists say they now have answers
Through CT scanning, radiocarbon dating and chemical ... which may have killed him by causing an acute pulmonary hemorrhage. Inside the mummy, the researchers found a small glass sphere with ...
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Study of Austrian mummy reveals an embalming method scientists have never seen before
Through CT scanning, radiocarbon dating and chemical ... which may have killed him by causing an acute pulmonary hemorrhage. Inside the mummy, the researchers found a small glass sphere with ...