Scientists have Unraveled the Mystery Beind An Embalmed Body in Austria. The Body is Still in Good Condition After Almost Three Hundred Years because It was Embalmed Through The Anus After Death.
The Body of Franz Xaver Sidler von Rosenegg, An Eighteenth-Century Priest, was buried in the crypt of the St. Thomas am Blasenstein Church in Northern Austria. The Priest died in 1746 from tuberculosis, but his body is still in good condition. Sidler was also Known as the Air-Dried priest.
Bodies That Remain Well-Preserved for Centuries Are Usualy Embalmed. The Ancient Egyptians Already Did This With Deceased Pharaohs. But Sidler’s Body Showed No Usual Signs of Embalming, Such as holes through which Embalming Material Could Be Applied.
Researchers Discovered Wood Chips, Twigs, Silk, and Zinc chloride in the Intestines. These were inserted through the anus to absorb moisture. This caused the body to dry out quickly and remain well preserved.
“Because no opening were made in the body, Only one opening remained: The Rectum,” Says Research Leader Andreas Nerlich. Accordance to him, this method or Embalming Has Not Been Discovered Before.
The scientists have not yet discovered why a relatively unimportant priest was Embalmed. That treatment is USUALLY Reserved for Kings and Other Important Deceased Persons.