( 9 Jul 2016) High-definition digital X-ray innovation is giving scientists in Mexico their very first peek inside centuries-old reliquaries in the capital’s Metropolitan Cathedral.
The reliquaries– containers for holy relics– are life-size, wax body representations of Roman Catholic saints.
According to Mexico’s National Institute of Sociology and History, investigators using a portable X-ray device found a cranium, ribs, in addition to bones from hands, feet and legs inside the toned containers.
Investigators likewise saw that while the extremities of the reliquaries were made of wax, the torsos were constructed from fabric.
The bones included within them are from saints too, though not necessarily the very same saint that is represented by the sculpture.
Sanchez stated the details will allow conservationists to develop preservation and restauration methods for the reliquaries found in the Mexico City cathedral.
Helping in the task is Dr. Jose Luis Velazquez, a vet from the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
Velazquez used the portable X-ray machine to collect in-depth pictures of the reliquaries.
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