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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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Russian Science Keeping North Korea's Dead Leaders Looking Fresh
Perhaps none of the communist legacies shared by Vietnam and North Korea highlighted during Kim Jong Un's "goodwill visit" to Hanoi is stranger than the embalmed leaders on display in their capital cities, and the secretive team of Russian technicians that keeps the ageing bodies looking ageless.
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Her Surgery Was Supposed To Be Routine. Instead, She Was "Embalmed Alive"
It was supposed to be a simple procedure. Relatives said 28-year-old Ekaterina Fedyaeva had been diagnosed with ovarian cysts - a condition in which fluid-filled sacs attach to the ovaries, then usually disappear on their own. But in some cases, according to the Mayo Clinic, doctors have to remove them.
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A Startup Says It Can Back Up Your Brain, With One Small Catch: You've to Die First
Here's the thing: the brain's got to be fresh and the patient must be alive for its embalming chemicals to do their job.
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The Many Benefits of the Wonder Spice Cinnamon that You Should Know!
Cinnamon is one of the most commonly used spices that is used to flavour hot drinks and spice up numerous delicacies. Experts have pronounced this spice valuable because of its medicinal and health value.
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France Lifts Ban On Embalming HIV Deceased
France on Thursday lifted a ban on embalming the bodies of HIV-positive people, ending three decades of discrimination in death against people infected with the AIDS virus.
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Body Of Tortoise 'Lonesome George' Returned To Galapagos Islands
The embalmed body of the giant tortoise known as Lonesome George -- the last known survivor of a species that died out in 2012 -- returned home to the Ecuadoran Galapagos Islands on Friday.
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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.
-
''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.
-
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.
-
Russian Science Keeping North Korea's Dead Leaders Looking Fresh
Perhaps none of the communist legacies shared by Vietnam and North Korea highlighted during Kim Jong Un's "goodwill visit" to Hanoi is stranger than the embalmed leaders on display in their capital cities, and the secretive team of Russian technicians that keeps the ageing bodies looking ageless.
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Her Surgery Was Supposed To Be Routine. Instead, She Was "Embalmed Alive"
It was supposed to be a simple procedure. Relatives said 28-year-old Ekaterina Fedyaeva had been diagnosed with ovarian cysts - a condition in which fluid-filled sacs attach to the ovaries, then usually disappear on their own. But in some cases, according to the Mayo Clinic, doctors have to remove them.
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A Startup Says It Can Back Up Your Brain, With One Small Catch: You've to Die First
Here's the thing: the brain's got to be fresh and the patient must be alive for its embalming chemicals to do their job.
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The Many Benefits of the Wonder Spice Cinnamon that You Should Know!
Cinnamon is one of the most commonly used spices that is used to flavour hot drinks and spice up numerous delicacies. Experts have pronounced this spice valuable because of its medicinal and health value.
-
France Lifts Ban On Embalming HIV Deceased
France on Thursday lifted a ban on embalming the bodies of HIV-positive people, ending three decades of discrimination in death against people infected with the AIDS virus.
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Body Of Tortoise 'Lonesome George' Returned To Galapagos Islands
The embalmed body of the giant tortoise known as Lonesome George -- the last known survivor of a species that died out in 2012 -- returned home to the Ecuadoran Galapagos Islands on Friday.
