Which famous person, mummified after death, immortalised in song, was buried in Italy under a false name, was then returned to country of birth to be viewed by the public until now?

mk2norwich

Eva Peron, a.k.a. Evita. She lived for a time in Italy under the false name Maria Maggi. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr and GRid=1297 May 11 03, 5:39 PM

Siskin

On Sept. 23, 1971, in the iron Gate suburb of Madrid, a van delivered a black wooden coffin to the mansion where Juan Peron, Argentina's exiled dictator, lived in bitter exile with Isabel, his third wife. In it lay the body of his second wife, Eva Duarte Peron. Missing for almost two decades but perfectly preserved, the embalmed corpse had been spirited out of Argentina by the generals who had ousted Peron and buried anonymously in an Italian grave. Now the generals had returned the body to Peron.He had Evita's coffin set up on the dining table. As Peron plotted his return to power, Isabel lovingly combed her predecessor's long blond hair. http://www.lasmujeres.com/evaperon/evitawoman.shtml May 11 03, 9:10 PM