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Natural mummies hidden in the crypt of a medieval French church
Atop a hill in the picturesque town of Saint-Bonnet-le-Château stands the Collegiate Church of Saint-Bonnet, a beautiful medieval church believed to have been built in the year 1400.
The church... »
Mummies, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by JC
An eccentric playboy's astounding natural history collection
The Vanderbilt Museum on Long Island, New York is housed in the mansion once owned by William K. Venderbilt II (the great-grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt, founder of the New York Central Railroad... »
Museums and Collections, Mummies | Edited by michelle
The naturally mummified body of a peasant girl saint
The patron Saint of Lucca, of servants, and of lost keys lies in rest in the church of San Frediano, dressed and in full view, some 700-plus years after her death in 1272.
Zita is one of the... »
Relics and Reliquaries, Mummies | Edited by Annetta
Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires
The Sutro Collection of Egyptian Antiquities amounts to approximately 700 objects, including the two intact mummies, three mummified heads, and a mummified hand purchased in 1884 by Adolph Sutro... »
Mummies | Edited by littlebrumble, Xof and others
Europe’s oldest natural human mummy
Three basic conditions can lead to natural mummification: extreme dryness or aridity (as in deserts), and extreme acidity (as in bogs) and extreme cold (as on mountains) which essentially freeze... »
Unique Collections, Mummies | Edited by michelle
Hungarian mummies in beautiful painted coffins
The exhibit in Vác, Hungary is the result of a mummy bonanza discovered during routine restoration of the town’s Dominican church. In 1994 workers discovered a secret crypt that had been bricked... »
Mummies, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by Dylan
The natural mummy of the less than chivalrous Knight Kahlbutz
In a tomb under the church of Kampehl, in Neustadt/Dosse, Germany, one can see the mummy of Christian Friedrich von Kahlbutz or Knight Kahlbutz. Unfortunately it turns out that Kahlbutz was no... »
Mummies, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by Dylan, ack sed and 2 others
A funhouse dummy which turned out to be a real life mummy, Elmer McCurdy is an urban legend come true
The man’s name may not be familiar, but his visage left an impression on countless youth throughout his five-decade-long career as an urban legend incarnate.
Elmer McCurdy was shot dead by a... »
Mummies, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by littlebrumble
A bizarre form of natural mummification was discovered in the church of this Frisian village
In 1765 carpenters were working in the church of the small village of Wieuwerd, Friesland, when they found a crypt with 11 coffins that looked as if they were brand new. To their astonishment the... »
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