Embalmed in the catacombs of the Capuchin monastery in Palermo, the little Rosalia Lombardo was lying in her coffin. Born in 1918, Rosalia died of pneumonia at 2 years. Her father, consumed by grief, asked Alfredo Salafia, an embalmer deemed to maintain his body. The result is exceptional. Unlike neighboring two mummies that are empty and dry, Rosalia still has her real hair. Tied in a big knot of yellow silk, they come in pretty curls over her forehead. Her eyes are closed, her eyelashes intact. Rosalia looks almost like a child asleep in a car returning from a party. If she is alive now she is 92 years old!
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