This morning I provided voiceover narration for a fascinating documentary for History and History HD. “Sicily’s Mummies” follows modern science as it tries to unravel the mysteries behind the preservation of thousands of bodies in the catacombs of the southern Italian island.
“Scattered across the island of Sicily, beneath picturesque churches, are thousands of mummified bodies. And most mysterious of all is one of the last to be enshrined: shes known as the sleeping beauty Rosalia Lombardo– a child barely two years old when she died nearly a century ago, somehow her corpse remains flawlessly preserved.
Now, for the first time, a scientific team of mummy hunters is on the case, unearthing hundreds of Sicily’s miraculous dead, exploring how this baffling culture of mummification could operate within the Catholic Church itself, and finally, revealing the secret formula behind Rosalias perfect preservation.”
A National Geographic production, this one-hour special will actually air on History and History HD later in November.
