Results: Nun whose body shows little decay since 2019 death draws hundreds to rural Missouri

Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster was exhumed in April in Missouri. When she was exhumed, the nuns were told to expect only bones, since she had been buried in a simple wooden coffin without any embalming four years ago. Instead, they discovered an intact body and "a perfectly preserved religious habit," the statement said. Volunteers and local law enforcement have helped to manage the crowds in the town of roughly 1,800 people, as people have visited from all over the country to see and touch Lancaster's body. Have you ever travelled to see a religious artifact, object or body?

Rebecca George, an anthropology instructor at Western Carolina University in North Carolina, said the body's lack of decomposition might not be as rare as people are expecting. George said the "mummification" of un-embalmed bodies is common at the university's facility and the bodies could stay preserved for many years, if allowed to. What do you think?