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18th-century monk’s anus was stuffed with wood chips and fabric to mummify him, researchers discover

While analyzing an 18th-century Austrian mummy, researchers discovered that the man died from tuberculosis and was preserved in a very…

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‘Hairy books’ bound by medieval monks are covered in sealskin imported by Norse descendants of Vikings, study finds

In medieval Europe, some handcrafted books were bound with skin from an unexpected source: seals. A new analysis of ancient…

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