Natural mummy found noblewoman, Archeologists in France have uncovered the phenomenally very much safeguarded cadaver of a 17th century aristocrat - still wearing her dress, hood and shoes.A group from the French National Institute for Preventive Archeological Research found the body when they pried open her lead pine box amid a salvage removal on the development site of another meeting focus in Rennes, south-western France.
"When we opened the pine box (we) saw a body, a ton of volume of fabric, the shoes," said anthropologist Rozenn Colleter, who is a piece of the group. "We didn't know how very much protected she was until we filtered her."
Colleter depicts her as a "characteristic mummy - especially all around safeguarded."
Engravings permitted the archeologists to distinguish the about in place body as fitting in with Louise de Quengo, Lady of Brefeillac, who passed on in 1656.
Louise was covered in a cape, serge fleece dress and plain shirt and calfskin donkeys with stopper soles. Her face was secured with a cover, two hats and a hood.
Her lead casket was initially opened in March 2014. It was one of five - among give or take 800 graves - found at the site, which has housed the Convent of the Jacobins since the 12th century.
A lead reliquary containing the heart of her spouse, Toussaint de Perrien, Knight of Brefeillac who kicked the bucket in 1649 was likewise found close-by.
When the casket was open, the group needed to race to protect her body.
An extraordinary arrangement of circumstances had protected the carcass for many years, however it was not treated so they knew disintegration would begin quickly.
"We had just a couple of days to work," said Colleter.
They worked together with researchers from the Molecular Anthropology and Synthetic Imaging Laboratory at the University of Toulouse to sweep the whole body.
They additionally gathered specimens of uncontaminated human tissue and DNA and pathogens including tuberculosis.
Tests could help scientists searching for a cure of tuberculosis, said Colleter.
From examination, the researchers reasoned that Louise de Quengo kicked the bucket from a contamination.
"It's uncommon," said Colleter of discovering such an all around protected body. "You need to have a lead box, however it must be (hermetically fixed), without bugs and the moistness must be low.
"The specialists said the body was similar to (one) that has been covered for two weeks, yet she is 350."
Louise de Quengo will be reburied once all the investigative tests are finished.
"When we opened the pine box (we) saw a body, a ton of volume of fabric, the shoes," said anthropologist Rozenn Colleter, who is a piece of the group. "We didn't know how very much protected she was until we filtered her."
Colleter depicts her as a "characteristic mummy - especially all around safeguarded."
Engravings permitted the archeologists to distinguish the about in place body as fitting in with Louise de Quengo, Lady of Brefeillac, who passed on in 1656.
Louise was covered in a cape, serge fleece dress and plain shirt and calfskin donkeys with stopper soles. Her face was secured with a cover, two hats and a hood.
Her lead casket was initially opened in March 2014. It was one of five - among give or take 800 graves - found at the site, which has housed the Convent of the Jacobins since the 12th century.
A lead reliquary containing the heart of her spouse, Toussaint de Perrien, Knight of Brefeillac who kicked the bucket in 1649 was likewise found close-by.
When the casket was open, the group needed to race to protect her body.
An extraordinary arrangement of circumstances had protected the carcass for many years, however it was not treated so they knew disintegration would begin quickly.
"We had just a couple of days to work," said Colleter.
They worked together with researchers from the Molecular Anthropology and Synthetic Imaging Laboratory at the University of Toulouse to sweep the whole body.
They additionally gathered specimens of uncontaminated human tissue and DNA and pathogens including tuberculosis.
Tests could help scientists searching for a cure of tuberculosis, said Colleter.
From examination, the researchers reasoned that Louise de Quengo kicked the bucket from a contamination.
"It's uncommon," said Colleter of discovering such an all around protected body. "You need to have a lead box, however it must be (hermetically fixed), without bugs and the moistness must be low.
"The specialists said the body was similar to (one) that has been covered for two weeks, yet she is 350."
Louise de Quengo will be reburied once all the investigative tests are finished.
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