Yes, that's right. Evidentally, the limestone tombs under St. Michan's church are the perfect environment for preservation. Combined with the constant temperature of coolness underground and the methane released by the lower soil, the limestone absorbs the moisture in the air and things kepts down there preserve well. (This is also the church that supposedly inspired Bram Stoker to write Dracula.)
It is illegal to open coffins, but, due to the old practice of stacking coffins, some of the coffins broke, collapsing the tower of them, and leading to some opened caskets. So a few mummified bodies are on display. One of them, I huge Crusader, was positioned with his hand outside the casket so folks could touch it for luck. So his huge hand is still kinda sticking up and we got to go inside the tomb to touch it (as long as we promised to give him 15% if we won the lottery).
I might have to go play some more Blackjack tonight...
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