article_snippet.sent: The study, which is published in the journal Nature Communications, used samples taken from the mummified remains of 26 people who had been buried in a cyrpt of Vác's Dominican church during the 18th Century.
article_snippet.sent: Workers attempting to restore the church stumbled on the remains of nearly 200 people in the crypt in 1994.
article_snippet.sent: The bodies had become naturally mummified in the exceptionally dry air.
article_snippet.sent: The bodies, many of whom had been wealthy Catholics, had been placed in the crypt fully clothed and in coffins between 1731 and 1838.
article_snippet.sent: Walled up and forgotten for about 150 years, the coffins were discovered when a construction worker tapped on a wall during renovation work.
article_snippet.sent: Part of a wall gave way to reveal coffins decotrated with skulls and stacked from floor to ceiling.
article_snippet.sent: The mummies were discovered during restoration work at the Dominican church in Vác, Hungary (above)
article_snippet.sent: The dry climate in the crypt preserved the bodies and clothing of the people placed there in the 18th century .
article_snippet.sent: The church where The mummies were found is in Vác in the Pest region of northern Hungary (shown above)
highlights_snippet.sent: More than 200 mummified bodies were found in a hidden crypt of the Dominican church in the city of Vác in Hungary during restoration work .
  