Researchers discover an “unusually well -preserved” mummy in the Crypt Church

The researchers discovered a secular mummy in Austria which was exceptionally well preserved, probably due to an undocumented embalming technique involving wood chips, twigs, fabric and zinc chloride. For centuries, cultures around the world practiced embalming, often for religious ends. Although embalming methods vary considerably, not all have been studied. In a first of its kind […]