Comments on: Secrets of Sicily’s Mummies

By: sicily1800

sicily1800 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 01:21:34 +0000

I think that it is SO amazing how Dr. Alfredo Salafia preserved Rosalia Lombardo. I personally think that she should be buried in a proper grave where she doesn’t have to be stared at all of the time. I hope she is happy and can live a more fulfilling life in heaven

By: mummylover

mummylover — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 04:26:10 +0000

i absolutly love rosalia. but does anyone know the title of the discovery special that was aried about Palermo? i cant find it anywhwere but i remeber watching it as a kid

By: AnUnSi

AnUnSi — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:26:49 +0000

“Nobody knows exactly why they have been preserved.”

That is NOT true. The bodies were unburied so that all survivors who would see them would be reminded of the truth: “Remember, man, that thou art dust, and unto dust thou shalt return.” The bodies were those of Capuchin (Franciscan) friars. At first, those who would see the bodies/skeletons were other friars, who were helped by being reminded that they should avoid coveting life outside the friary, which is over pretty quickly, and “you can’t take it with you.”

By: raoul

raoul — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:31:48 +0000

I live in Palermo, and i saw it…
there are some bodies in an amazing state of conservation…
but we are so full of wonderful things…

By: Idil

Idil — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:59:18 +0000

People work there so I’m sure many people who work there have been left alone to check up on everything at night :S thats really creepy…oh wow…

By: Evilbeagle

Evilbeagle — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:26:52 +0000

I want to go there so badly. I love this type of thing.

By: Ali S.

Ali S. — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:25:17 +0000

Now imagine getting locked in there at night with only a lit candle to illuminate your surroundings and the corpses. Fun times!

By: avraamov

avraamov — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:08:15 +0000

the incessantly brilliant ‘cabinet’ magazine had an article on this last year:

http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/28/harbison.php

By: scifiiiiinite!

scifiiiiinite! — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:48:45 +0000

My mother is from around this area – we’ve visited these catacombs while on vacation there when I was much younger. Creepy? Yes.

By: LisaL

LisaL — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:47:21 +0000

Yeah, that’s what I want to do. Go in to catacombs to breath in mummy dust! BLEH rofl…
I’ll let other ppl do it then read about it