The head of an 800-year-old mummy known as "The Crusader" has been lopped off and stolen from its crypt below St. Michan's Church in Dublin.
According to a statement issued by the Church of Ireland, vandals are believed to have broken into the church's underground vaults over the weekend, where they "desecrated" the bodies of several mummies interred there. St. Michan's staff discovered the damage on Monday (Feb. 25) afternoon. [Photos: Medieval Skeletons Unearthed Near Saint's Tomb in England]
In addition to beheading the mummy known as "The Crusader" and flipping it over in its coffin, the vandals also damaged the 400-year-old remains of a mummy known as "The Nun," the church reported.
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