300-year-old mummy was man of the cloth...and twigs and flax

THIS mummy has been identified as a vicar, thanks to the unusual way he was embalmed using linen nearly 300 years ago.

- By Stephen Beech

The body of the cleric, known as The Air-Dried Priest, was preserved with a never-seen-before mixture of twigs, fabric, wood chips and zinc chloride, say scientists.