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A "virtual autopsy" of the mummified remains of a toddler buried inside a family crypt in Austria reveals that the child died from a lack of sunlight, a new study finds. Believed to be Reichard Wilhelm, the first-born son of a Count of...

The details of the boy’s body suggest a macabre, classic horror tale but a virtual autopsy has revealed something more tragic.

Researchers have identified a rare baby mummy as the firstborn son of a count of Austria, and rickets may have led to the child’s death

The naturally mummified body of the infant comes from the family crypt of the Counts of Starhemberg, one of the oldest aristocratic families in Austria.

Examinations of a 17th century mummified infant have revealed the short, aristocratic, and privileged life he had still resulted in death from malnourishment.

"We have to reconsider the living conditions of high aristocratic infants of previous populations," says team lead Andreas Nerlich.

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A “virtual autopsy” of a mummified 17th century Austrian infant has shed new light on Renaissance childhood — as well as the importance

Researchers led by Dr Andreas Nerlich of the Academic Clinic Munich-Bogenhausen, have conducted a ‘virtual autopsy’ of a mummified 17th century child, using cutting-edge science alongside historical records to shed new light on Renaissance childhood. - HeritageDaily - Archaeology News

Researchers from the Academic Clinic Munich-Bogenhausen in Germany gave the toddler a CT scan which revealed he died of pneumonia when he was between 12 and 18 months old.

For centuries, the crypt of one of the oldest aristocratic families in Austria has preserved a tragic secret.