Graceful Putrefaction

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Felis Catus (Domestic Cat) specimen from the Spallanzani collection, Reggio Emilia Museum.

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Aesthetic mummified mouflon lady.

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This is one of my favourites. Friends of my parents found it in the ceiling while renovating. Kinda reminds me of catacomb saints. I’m thinking about decorating the box inspired by this.

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The Ballet of Bliss And Agony

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Memento Mori showing a decomposing corpse, Europe, pre 1936. Crawling with maggots, this unusual wooden model shows a decomposing corpse. Little is known about the model.

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The Death of Innocence in the Dawn of Wisdom

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Palethnology collection, Reggio Emilia museum.

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St. Pvtrefactio

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catacomb saint

A new book of photographs by Paul Koudounaris out this month on Thames&Hudson

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Two skeletons, a woman clutching a child to her breast, preserved in a mudflow in Tibet for 4000 years.

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Mummy of Lady Dai Xin Zhui "Still has blood in her veins and is soft to the touch"

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Mummified elongated head of a newborn baby belonging to the ancient Paracas culture, found in Peru.

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Civil War era mummified arm donated the National Museum of Civil War Medicine.

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