An exceptionally well-preserved corpse entombed in a small Austrian village’s church crypt has not only provided researchers with a previously unknown method of mummification. An analysis published May 2 in the journal Frontiers in Medicine, also solved the centuries’ old mystery about the mummy’s identity. After opening the torso, the team catalogued a variety of locally sourced materials in both the abdominal and pelvic cavities. Further findings of special fabric tissue from the material detected in the mummy’s abdominal cave. Left: Removal of parts of the foreign material from the dorsal abdominal wall revealed a mixture of fragmented white fabric, small wood chips, and plant material along with some brownish amorphous tissue residues.