Rosalia Lobardo is one of the world’s best preserved mummies. She died as a little girl more than a century ago in Palermo, Sicily. Her embalming was done by a Sicilian embalmer by the name of Stefano Salafia and is generally considered to be near-perfect work. Little is known of the girl that’s since been dubbed ‘Sleeping Beauty’, except one very mysterious thing: she appears to open and close her eyes. Have a look at what we mean below. This was in just two and a half hours…
Dario Piombino-Mascali, claims to have an answer to the phenomenon. He says, “it’s an optical illusion produced by the light that filters through the side windows, which during the day is subject to change. Her eyes are not completely closed, and indeed they have never been…”
What do you make of this strange story?
