Bodies that don't Decay - Part 1
Everybody must know about the mummies of the ancient Egyptian emperors, which were found inside the Pyramids in Egypt. But the strange thing is that, how is it that some people preserve dead bodies for years and years together? Not long ago a woman in India preserved the dead body of her husband for twelve long years. She not only preserved the body, but she bathed it daily and even slept in the same room. The case was too strange. It shook the loving sensibilities of the people. The press reported exhaustively on it and the woman was sent for a medical check-up. |
| Mummy of Muhammad Marwe |
This is not the only case in the world. There are many others. What then is the reason for preserving a dead body and how do people do it? A little girl named Nadja Mattei died in 1965 in Rome, Italy. She was just two years old at the time of her death. Her mother put the body into a coffin. But for twelve years she continuously dreamt that her daughter was begging to be taken out of the coffin. So the devoted mother tried to convince the authorities to let her open the coffin. But all her efforts were unsuccessful till 1977, when finally the exhumation of Baby Nadja Mattei was granted. Then to every one’s surprise, the body was found to be completely free from rotting.
A similar incident occurred at Kano, North of Nigeria. An unorthodox Muslim religious group was led by a self-styled prophet, Muhammad Marwa. He had established himself in 1960s and had a enormous number of followers. But seemingly everything was not as peaceful as it should have been. The orthodox Muslims were against him. Finally the brewing tension exploded in December 1980. A violent riot took place in which as many as eight thousand people were killed. This heretical or unorthodox Muslim leader was also killed in that riot.
