Original paper
The mummy of Torricella Peligna, a case report
Di Fabrizio, Antonietta; Stocco, Flavio; Paolucci, Assunta; Di Felice, Arianna; Capasso, Luigi; D’Anastasio, Ruggero; Cilli, Jacopo
Anthropologischer Anzeiger (2025)
published online: Aug 20, 2025
manuscript accepted: Jun 17, 2025
manuscript revision received: Jun 17, 2025
manuscript revision requested: Jun 16, 2025
manuscript received: May 14, 2024
Abstract
The restoration works of the Church of San Giacomo Apostolo in Torricella Peligna (Abruzzo, Italy) have brought to light a mummified body, in a good state of preservation. Studies on the body have dated the burial and highlighted the anthropological and pathological aspects. The mummy dates back to the seventeenth century and belongs to an adult male individual which probably held an administrative position within the Viceroyalty of Naples. The remains of the individual’s clothing and the results of the examinations performed provided both cultural and palaeobiological new information for a geographic area in a historical period that is still little studied.
Keywords
anthropology • paleobiology • mummy • paleopathology • conservation • preservation