Scientists Uncover Mystery of 300-Year-Old ‘Air-Dried Chaplain’ Mummy, Say He Was an 18th-Century Parish Vicar. A long-held mummy secret has finally made its way into the world, thanks to a ...

The remains of a mysterious mummy nicknamed the “air-dried chaplain” were stored in the crypt of St. Thomas am Blasenstein, a church in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.

The remains of a mysterious mummy nicknamed the “air-dried chaplain” were stored in the crypt of St. Thomas am Blasenstein, a church in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.

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.

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 ...

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 mummy called the ‘air-dried chaplain’ has long been shrouded in mystery. Scientists say they now have answers. Katie Hunt, CNN. May 2, 2025 at 7:13 AM. Copied; ...

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 ...