THE MUMMY WITH THE BLINKING EYES

Rosalia Lombardo, an Italian child born on December 13 1918, died due to pneumonia as a result of the Spanish flu less than two years later, on December 6, 1920. Her father, Mario Lombardo, was so grief stricken that he asked an embalmer to preserve Rosalia’s remains.

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In the Capuchin catacombs of Palermo in Sicily lies her dead body, in a wooden and glass casket.
The heartbroken father of Rosalia asked the help of Alfredo Salafia to preserve his baby girl’s body. It was so amazingly preserved that Rosalia’s body is intact over 100 years later. It’s considered one of the best-preserved mummies in the world.

The body of Rosalia is famous among the 8,000 bodies found in these catacombs under the Capuchin convent. Rosalia’s dead body caught the attention of everyone, as people noticed her eyelids move many times, seeming like she is blinking. The eyes slightly open and reveal the intact blue irises.
She lies in the coffin, glass-covered and on a wooden pedestal. She looks like a baby peacefully taking a nap, and although a blanket is placed over the coffin, the face is visible. Her curly blonde hair and a ribbon on it makes her look like she is just sleeping. Rosalia is nicknamed the “sleeping beauty”.

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