Where to See the World’s Most Famous Preserved Body Parts

Filed by Max the Cryptid Reporter

Sure, you’ve seen a dead body before, but have you ever seen a thumb preserved in salt? How about a saint’s heart shrouded in gold? Beyond the normal displays of skeletons in medical museums and holy leaders’ bodies in churches and temples, there’s a whole world of bits and pieces to explore. Throughout history, body parts have been taken as trophies during wartime, worshipped as miraculous healing agents, cut off and displayed to honor their owners, or simply saved incidentally by natural proce