Incorrupt

[GrahamPlatt]

Should this be religion & not Science?

Incorrupt after 4 years

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... four-years


After 450 years (or 50?)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idesbald


But whatever, it’s still impressive.
Considering the number I can think of who are manifestly corrupt yet still living.

[XFool]

After 450 years (or 50?)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idesbald

"In 2015 the lead coffin thought to contain his remains was opened. Both the carbonised lead of the coffin and the skeletal remains inside were radiocarbon-dated."

Anyone know what "carbonised lead" is?

[monabri]

After 450 years (or 50?)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idesbald

"In 2015 the lead coffin thought to contain his remains was opened. Both the carbonised lead of the coffin and the skeletal remains inside were radiocarbon-dated."

Anyone know what "carbonised lead" is?

https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Projectile_ammunition

A simple lead slug encased in a hard shell of crystalline carbon. It is fairly cheap and works very well against most armors...

Not something I've come across when I completed a Materials Science degree many (many) years ago! Mind you, the wheel has also been invented since!

Maybe they are using coffins as projectiles? The mind wanders...

[XFool]

Anyone know what "carbonised lead" is?

https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Projectile_ammunition

A simple lead slug encased in a hard shell of crystalline carbon. It is fairly cheap and works very well against most armors...

How does it do against the undead?

[ursaminortaur]

After 450 years (or 50?)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idesbald

"In 2015 the lead coffin thought to contain his remains was opened. Both the carbonised lead of the coffin and the skeletal remains inside were radiocarbon-dated."

Anyone know what "carbonised lead" is?

The article seems to have been updated as it now says lead carbonate rather than carbonised lead.

In 2015 the lead coffin thought to contain his remains was opened. Both lead carbonate from the coffin and the skeletal remains inside were radiocarbon-dated. The dates reveal that the remains are not those of St Idesbald, as they date to the later 15th or early 16th century. It is hypothesised that the coffin and skeleton represent the burial of a later abbot[3]

[XFool]

Well, it wasn't me!

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Idesbald&action=history

23:01, 27 May 2023 prev {the carbonised lead of --> lead carbonate from}