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The unusually well-preserved mummy in the church crypt of St Thomas am Blasenstein is the corps of a local parish vicar, Franz Xaver Sidler von Rosenegg, who died in 1746.

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The mummy - known locally as "The Air-Dried Priest" - was embalmed in Austria using wood chips, twigs, fabric and zinc ...

The long-dead vicar, who passed away in 1746, has an unusual embalming method to thank for his extraordinary durability. But ...

For centuries, many cultures around the world embalmed their dead, often for religious reasons. Accordingly, embalming ...