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Early Modern Mummy Heap.

There's been a sensational find done in Italy: A church burial place where an entire community of people was buried in a church crypt - and a lot of them mummyfied. Which means that they are still fully dressed in their burial garments - practical, no-nonsense clothes.

You can read and see pictures about this find from the Italian mountain church here. Go have a look - the pics are spectacular!
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Anonymous on Monday, 15 August 2011 06:32

There is more information on this find on the official homepage of the "Soprintendenza per i
Beni Archeologici dell´Emilia-Romagna"
Links:
page in Italian: http://www.archeobo.arti.beniculturali.it/pievepelago/scavi2008-2011.htm
shorter English version: http://www.archeobo.arti.beniculturali.it/pievepelago/natural_mummies_en.htm

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There is more information on this find on the official homepage of the "Soprintendenza per i
Beni Archeologici dell´Emilia-Romagna"
Links:
page in Italian: http://www.archeobo.arti.beniculturali.it/pievepelago/scavi2008-2011.htm
shorter English version: http://www.archeobo.arti.beniculturali.it/pievepelago/natural_mummies_en.htm
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Anonymous on Monday, 15 August 2011 06:32

I tried to write a comment to this once already today - but it doesn´t seem to have worked. So - second try:
More Information on these finds can be found on the official homepage of the "Soprintendenza Archeologica Emilia-Romagna"
Here the links:
Italian version: http://www.archeobo.arti.beniculturali.it/pievepelago/scavi2008-2011.htm
shorter English version: http://www.archeobo.arti.beniculturali.it/pievepelago/natural_mummies_en.htm

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I tried to write a comment to this once already today - but it doesn´t seem to have worked. So - second try:
More Information on these finds can be found on the official homepage of the "Soprintendenza Archeologica Emilia-Romagna"
Here the links:
Italian version: http://www.archeobo.arti.beniculturali.it/pievepelago/scavi2008-2011.htm
shorter English version: http://www.archeobo.arti.beniculturali.it/pievepelago/natural_mummies_en.htm
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