The head of an 800-year-old mummy known as "The Crusader" has been lopped off and stolen from its crypt below St. Michan's Church in Dublin.
The vandals "have destroyed these historic mummies which have been preserved in St Michan's for hundreds of years," Dublin Archbishop Michael Jackson says, per TheJournal.ie. "I would appeal to those responsible to examine their consciences and return the head of The Crusader to its rightful place." Police are checking CCTV footage from the church.
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I've been there and touched him! Highlight of my trip to Dublin three years ago.
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