Reading About These Italian Mummies Might Scare You...But You'll Learn A Lot
by N/A, 10 years ago |
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These mummies are so well-preserved, it's creepy.
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These are the mummies of Venzone, Italy.
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It was tradition for villagers in the area to bury their dead in tomb's under their cathedral.
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Some bodies were rearranged around 1647. Villagers were stunned when they found about 40 mummies in the tomb.
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Villagers were surprised by how perfectly preserved these mummies were.
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For years, people didn't understand why the mummies looked this way.
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The mummies became a regional attraction in Venzone.
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Some say that people who go to the tomb so they could remove and visit their relatives and friends.
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Modern science is credited with discovering how they ended up being preserved so perfectly.
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There is a parasitic fungus that lives in the tomb called Hypha tombicina.
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This fungus dries out a body before it has started to decompose.
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Some of the mummies are still on display in Venzone.
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Do not show me this again