Rosalia Lombardo died 100 years ago at the age of two. She is considered the most beautiful mummy in the world - and was still a mystery in 2020.
Rosalia Lombardo is considered “the most beautiful mummy in the world”. The girl died 100 years ago, but her body is so well preserved that she almost looks like a doll. In 2020, photos of the little girl were shared where she appears to be opening her eyes.
The mystery has been solved, but first the alleged photos:
In fact, the pictures are real, not a trick. The only drawback is that Rosalia doesn't just open her eyes, no... it takes her a whole two hours (similar to what the author does every morning).
Dario Piombino-Mascali, the curator of the Capuchin monastery, in whose catacombs Rosalia's mummy is located, was happy about the tourism in his monastery, but didn't believe that it housed a supposed miracle within its walls, so he looked into it Mummy a little more closely to get to the bottom of that secret.
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Why Rosalia seemed to open her eyes
If you look closely, you can see that the mummy's eyes are not completely closed, but are always slightly open. In addition, the apparent opening and closing of the eyes seems to depend on the time of day and time of year.
In 2014, Rosalia received a new, specially sealed glass coffin because the mummy had been showing signs of decomposition since 2009. On this occasion the original position of the mummy was also slightly changed, and for good reason:
As Piombino-Mascali quickly discovered, the supposed miracle was nothing more than an optical illusion caused by the light coming through a window . This caused the lids of the slightly open eyes to cast shadows, making them look even wider open.
However, that is now over, because thanks to the changed position, the eyes have not opened since 2014, and Piombino-Mascali is very happy that the tourists have now stopped taking photos of the child mummy and telling made-up stories.
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Source: Discovery
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