300-Year-Old Coffin Preserved a 12-Year-Old Boy in Green - Italy’s Green Mummy Mystery Solved

November 5, 2025

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Indian Defence Review

A nearly complete mummy of a 12-year-old boy, buried over three centuries ago in Bologna, Italy, has been found preserved in vivid green from skin to bone.

The child, radiocarbon-dated to between 1617 and 1814, was laid to rest in a sealed copper coffin beneath an ancient villa. Scientists now confirm that the unique interaction between copper, bodily fluids, and the burial environment produced one of t... [3719 chars]

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