The Alchemist of Flesh: The Man Who Turned Humans into Stone(2025)

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Author: ofalkaed

Date: 6/11/2026

Article Summary:
The story of Girolamo Segato, a 19th-century Italian man who claimed to have discovered a way to transform human flesh into stone, preserving its color, shape, and flexibility.