Their heads may be peeled like onions, and they may be 150 years old, but these...

Their heads may be peeled like onions, and they may be 150 years old, but these Italian mummies are oddly lifelike. Now we know why.


Mummy Pictures: Secrets of Stunning 19th-Century Heads Revealed
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This mummified male head and shoulders were purposely taken apart to show muscles, airways, blood vessels, and other inner workings. The cadavers were preserved by immersion in chemical baths and by injecting mercury and other minerals into internal body tissues, according to the new study.

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