Method of preserving 18th-century Austrian vicar has never been seen before, say researchers
The mystery of a mummy from an Austrian village has been solved, according to researchers who say it was embalmed in an unexpected way – via the rectum.
Intrigue had long swirled around the mummified body stored in the church crypt of St Thomas am Blasenstein. The remains were rumoured to be the naturally preserved corpse of an aristocratic vicar, Franz Xaver Sidler von Rosenegg, who died in 1746 at the aged of 37, gaining the mummy the moniker of the “air-dried chaplain”.
About Author
More Stories
Researchers create AI-based tool that restores age-damaged artworks in hours
Australia has ‘no alternative’ but to embrace AI and seek to be a world leader in the field, industry and science minister says
Tell us your favourite video game of 2025 so far