This Little Girl Has Been Dead For 100 Years. But She Still Blinks Her Eyes In Her Coffin
Rosalia Lombardo
Rosalia Lombardo died at the age of two in 1920 from pneumonia. Her death left her father dejected, who failed to face reality and strove to take measures for preservation. Approaching a noted embalmer, he decided to go for mummification.
Alfredo Salafia was a skilled professional who tactfully performed Rosalia Lombardo’s embalming so well that even after 100 years of her death, she appears nothing but a sleeping beauty.
Impeccable Preservation
She has been mummified in the Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo, Italy, where she lies beneath the glass case and simply seems to be dozing off. Tourists remain in awe with her little stiff puffy cheeks, blonder tufts of hair wrapped above her head, tied by silk bow.
Scientists carried an x-ray scan which revealed her all internal organs to be intact. How was Alfredo Salafia able to achieve such mastery? Well, because his work didn’t take a typical approach in preserving the mummy.
He was able to keep Rosalia’s body in impeccable condition because of a secret formula he used. Documents found in 2009 with Alfredo’s relatives revealed the procedure he followed.
