The curious case of the air-dried chaplain

A multidisciplinary team studied the so-called 'air-dried chaplain,' an 18th-century mummy from Austria, using CT scans, isotope analysis, and toxicology. They identified him as Franz Xaver Sidler, a monk who died of tuberculosis, and revealed that his unusual preservation was due to a rare embalming method involving wood, cloth, and chemical preservatives inserted into his body.

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