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Goodbye Lenin? Russians Flock To See Bolshevik Leader's Tomb Before Closure
Russians are flocking to catch what some fear could be a final glimpse of the embalmed body of Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin before his tomb on Moscow's Red Square, long a place of pilgrimage for communists, closes for repairs until 2027.
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Researchers Find Evidence of Embalming Practices in 16th-Century France
A team of bioarchaeologists from the Austrian Archaeological Institute, Université de Bordeaux, and Aix-Marseille Université has made a groundbreaking discovery in France, revealing the long-term embalming practices of an aristocratic family spanning nearly two centuries. The team, led by experts in bioarchaeology, uncovered 12 sets of remains, i...
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Virtual Autopsy Shows 'Screaming Woman' Mummy Endured Agonising Death
A virtual autopsy of the "Screaming Woman" mummy, discovered in Egypt in 1935, reveals a dramatic and painful death, with her face frozen in a scream due to a cadaveric spasm. This condition occurs when muscles stiffen immediately before death, often due to extreme distress. The study, published on August 2, 2024, in Frontiers in Medicine, highligh...
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Bone-Chilling Secret Of Mummy's "Screaming" Face Unveiled By Scientists
Researchers used CT scanning and X-ray diffraction to examine her well-preserved remains, finding her organs intact and no embalming incision.
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115 Decaying Dead Bodies Improperly Stored at Colorado's 'Green' Funeral Home
At least 115 decomposing bodies were found at an eco-friendly funeral home after a foul odor emanated from the facility.
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''Scent Of Eternity'': Scientists Recreate What Egyptian Mummies Smelled Like
Scientists have recreated a particular odour called the ''scent of eternity'' that was used during the mummification of a woman named Senetnay.
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Can't Keep Train Crash Bodies Long, Embalming Won't Help, Says Top Doctor
Over 100 bodies have not been identified after the Odisha train accident on Friday, one of India's deadliest ever, in which 278 people were killed.
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US Woman Indicted For Selling Foetuses, Hearts And Lungs On Facebook
The woman worked at Arkansas Central Mortuary Services, where part of her job was to transport, cremate and embalm remains.
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Man Kept Mother's Mummified Body On His Couch For 13 Years, Arrested
The owner of the house has been taken by paramedics to the hospital where he will be examined by expert psychiatrists.
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Spain Exhumes Dictator Francisco Franco's Body After Years Of Controversy
Spain on Thursday exhumed the embalmed body of Francisco Franco from a grandiose state mausoleum ahead of its relocation to a more discreet grave in a country still conflicted over the dictator's decades-long regime.
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Goodbye Lenin? Russians Flock To See Bolshevik Leader's Tomb Before Closure
Russians are flocking to catch what some fear could be a final glimpse of the embalmed body of Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin before his tomb on Moscow's Red Square, long a place of pilgrimage for communists, closes for repairs until 2027.
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Researchers Find Evidence of Embalming Practices in 16th-Century France
A team of bioarchaeologists from the Austrian Archaeological Institute, Université de Bordeaux, and Aix-Marseille Université has made a groundbreaking discovery in France, revealing the long-term embalming practices of an aristocratic family spanning nearly two centuries. The team, led by experts in bioarchaeology, uncovered 12 sets of remains, i...
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Virtual Autopsy Shows 'Screaming Woman' Mummy Endured Agonising Death
A virtual autopsy of the "Screaming Woman" mummy, discovered in Egypt in 1935, reveals a dramatic and painful death, with her face frozen in a scream due to a cadaveric spasm. This condition occurs when muscles stiffen immediately before death, often due to extreme distress. The study, published on August 2, 2024, in Frontiers in Medicine, highligh...
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Bone-Chilling Secret Of Mummy's "Screaming" Face Unveiled By Scientists
Researchers used CT scanning and X-ray diffraction to examine her well-preserved remains, finding her organs intact and no embalming incision.
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115 Decaying Dead Bodies Improperly Stored at Colorado's 'Green' Funeral Home
At least 115 decomposing bodies were found at an eco-friendly funeral home after a foul odor emanated from the facility.
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''Scent Of Eternity'': Scientists Recreate What Egyptian Mummies Smelled Like
Scientists have recreated a particular odour called the ''scent of eternity'' that was used during the mummification of a woman named Senetnay.
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Can't Keep Train Crash Bodies Long, Embalming Won't Help, Says Top Doctor
Over 100 bodies have not been identified after the Odisha train accident on Friday, one of India's deadliest ever, in which 278 people were killed.
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US Woman Indicted For Selling Foetuses, Hearts And Lungs On Facebook
The woman worked at Arkansas Central Mortuary Services, where part of her job was to transport, cremate and embalm remains.
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Man Kept Mother's Mummified Body On His Couch For 13 Years, Arrested
The owner of the house has been taken by paramedics to the hospital where he will be examined by expert psychiatrists.
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Spain Exhumes Dictator Francisco Franco's Body After Years Of Controversy
Spain on Thursday exhumed the embalmed body of Francisco Franco from a grandiose state mausoleum ahead of its relocation to a more discreet grave in a country still conflicted over the dictator's decades-long regime.
