Scientists have discovered that the Austrian mummy in the eighteenth century was hidden through the rectum

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Scientists have discovered how the body of the Austrian deputy in the eighteenth century has been well preserved for nearly 300 years-which is unlike anything they had seen before.

Keep it in a basement church in a remote Austrian village, which was long known as “the priest dried in air”. But according to the last CT scan, it has been dried from the inside out.

“We took a look at the inside of the body, and we found that the abdominal and pelvis cavities were almost fully stuffed with some mysterious materials,” Andreas Nerlich told the University of Ludwig Maximilian in Munich, who led the research, As it happens Nil Kӧksal host.

Partial dissection revealed that the filling is a mixture of wood chips, branches, dried plants and fabrics, which would soak in all physical fluids and moisture that usually cause decay.

However, unlike other cases of deliberate embalming, there were no clear cracks anywhere on the man’s body.

“The only way of this inclusion was the anal canal, which they used for all the filling of this substance inside the body,” Nerlich said.

The results published in the magazine Borders in medicineDescribe the embalming technology that it had not been previously heard.

The newly discovered embalming technology

Scientists have found the effects of zinc chloride in the rectum filling, which Nerlich says would have affecting drying, while killing bacteria that appear in the process of decomposition.

There was no internal damage to its fraud in the upper body, indicating that the material was inserted from the bottom. The study concludes that embalming is likely to penetrate the upper rectum or colon.

Andrew Nelson, head of the Anthropology Department at Western University in London, Ontana, described it as “very interesting.”

“Someone knows what they were doing,” said Nelson, who did not participate in the research.

Nelson says that some of the ancient Egyptian embalming and bureaucracy practices included “breathing” the anus – its pieces are open to remove the organs and signs.

But he saw nothing just like this.

“It is certain that it highlights this type of things that every time you examine the CT scans of the mummy, you never know what you will find,” he said.

Who was?

The man concerned is believed to be the Austrian deputy Franz Xaver Sidler von Rosengg, a aristocratic monk who died due to a contagious disease in 1746 at the age of 37.

Nerlich said that a few years after his death, rumors began to revolve around his healthy body significantly. According to CNNThe mysterious memorization attracted pilgrims to the village who believed that the remains may give the properties.

The new study confirms a lot of local knowledge of the man. The radioactive dating dates back to dies between 1734 and 1780, most likely from 30 to 50 years, as expected. The analysis of its bones, skin and teeth reveals a diet rich in grains and meat, in line with the food supply of the local parish deputy.

Its bone structure has not shown any signs of stress, which will be typical for a relatively comfortable life for a man of fabric.

How died?

In 2000, the world of Vienna University wiped the deputy’s body using a portable X -ray machine and found a small round being located in the lower intestine, which led to speculation that he swallowed a toxic capsule.

It turns out that the truth is more worldly. The element, in fact, is a common “small glass pearl” used for embroidery of fabrics.

“It should only be coming to the body by chance during this filling,” Nerlich said.

The study concludes that the deputy probably died due to the complications of tuberculosis, as his body showed several signs of the disease.

Why was it embalmed in this way?

Just because of the unusual embalming technology it has not been documented before, it does not mean that it was rare, says Nerlich. It is suspected that it was a way to keep the bodies in the short term when transported from one place to another.

In this case, the deputy’s remains may be ready to transfer to the original monastery In Waldhausen IM Strudengau, but it ended in the strong village for unknown reasons.

Nerlich says a number of stars had to agree with him and his team to create this discovery.

If the man was buried instead of leaving it in a dry basement in the Alps, it is likely that it has been analyzed. What’s more, his team only conducted these tests because the church needed some maintenance, and they were able to borrow the body to study during renewal.

Canadian biological world, Heather, Gil Fernking, says the study is an example of how modern technology is “vital to detecting old puzzles.”

But she says that she hopes that researchers will not open the body to study what they found in their tests.

“This project specifically revealed some valuable information, but I am not a supporter of the anatomy of the devastating gas corpse for mummies analysis,” she told CBC in an e -mail.

Nelson says it is always important, when studying mummies, the center of their humanity.

“It is a kind of excitement to think, as you know, stuffing things in its straightness. But the important thing is always to realize that these are people,” he said.

“He was someone. People loved. People loved him. We always have to take this into consideration.”