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Rigorous Science

Preserving the dead

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Suppose there is a culture on earth that sees dead bodies as holy items and letting them decompose is a sin. I have seen many examples of mummies preserved so well that they almost look like their just sleeping like this girl

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The question

Using modern technology, is it possible to build a machine to preserve someone who died to the point that they look asleep but otherwise you wouldn't know that they had died?

Addition info

  • No embalming fluid or preservative fluids of any kind

  • All internal organs and fluids must remain intact

  • The machine must allow for viewing of the entire body at all times through either glass or any transparent material that would best allow for the conditions to work properly

  • Body must feel like a living person ( skin is still somewhat elastic and soft, blood is still liquid)

EDIT

after further consideration I have allowed for interference with the body to be allowed only internally

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