Preservation of Dead Bodies.
The body of Edward I, who died in 1307, was found not decayed 463 years subsequently. The flesh on the face was a little wasted, but not putrid. The body of Canute, who died in 1017, was found fresh iu 1766. Those of William the Conqueror and his wife were found perfect in 1522. In 1569 three Roman soldiers, ill the dress of their country, fully equipped with arms, were dug out of a peat mass near Aberdeen. They were quite fresh and plump after a lapse of about fifteen hundred years. In 1717 the bodies of Lady Kilsyth and her infant were embalmed. In 1796 they were found as perfect as in the hour they were embalmed. Every feature and limb were full. The infant’s features were as composed as if be had only been asleep for eighty minutes. His color was as fresh and his flesh as plump and full as in the perfect glow of health. The smile of infancy and innocence was on his lips. At a little distance it was difficult to distinguish whether Lady Kilsyth was dead or alive.
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New Zealand Mail, 22 April 1887, Page 5
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189Preservation of Dead Bodies. New Zealand Mail, 22 April 1887, Page 5
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