A mummified lover with her husband’s heart placed with her in the grave…This is the stuff of novels.

 

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Mummified noblewoman kept her husband’s heart in a lead locket

(New Scientist)

 

“It’s rare to find a mummy wearing an outfit. But this exceptionally preserved body spent more than 350 years fully clothed in a lead coffin before being undressed during an autopsy (see video above).

 

The mummy was discovered a few years ago by the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research while investigating the burial grounds of a convent in Rennes, France.

 

They were able to identify her as noblewoman Louise de Quengo, thanks to the inscription on a lead heart, pictured below, found with her body, which contains the real heart of her husband, and historical records of her burial…”

 

For the rest, a video, and more photos, click here.

 

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