In a nutshell The 18th-century mummy of Franz Xaver Sidler, dubbed the “Air-Dried Chaplain,” was preserved using a unique embalming technique that involved inserting wood chips, fabric, and ...

During the Mummification process the embalmers covered the body of the mummy with Natron or a natural soda, this was to dry the body and get rid of the moisture. The fetus that was still in the uterus ...

After spending nearly 300 years buried in a coffin, most people would be reduced to a pile of bones. But not Franz Xaver Sidler von Rosenegg, the Austrian 'Air-Dried Chaplain' who is exceptionally ...

Now, after years of mystery, the "unusually" well-preserved mummy of an 18th-century priest has finally been revealed to have been embalmed using a strange method never documented before.

Scientists have figured out how the body of an 18th-century Austrian vicar has remained so well-preserved for nearly 300 years — and it’s unlike anything they’ve seen before.

And the researchers believe it’s the mixture of materials that has kept the mummy in its apparent air-dried state. “The chips and the fabric would have (bound) water.

A water leak in the church crypt of St. Thomas am Blasenstein presented an opportunity for scientists to delve into the secrets of an unusual mummy. Called the “air-dried chaplain” by village ...

While it is clear that the “air-dried chaplain” is not a natural mummy, more detailed analysis is needed to say definitively whether zinc chloride was used to preserve the remains, said Marco ...

While it is clear that the “air-dried chaplain” is not a natural mummy, more detailed analysis is needed to say definitively whether zinc chloride was used to preserve the remains, said Marco ...

While it is clear that the “air-dried chaplain” is not a natural mummy, more detailed analysis is needed to say definitively whether zinc chloride was used to preserve the remains, said Marco ...

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Stored in a church crypt in a remote Alpine village, a set of unusually well-preserved human remains has long been a rich source of rumor and speculation. Local lore ...