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Mummies of Guanajuato

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Following a cholera outbreak in and around Guanajuato, Mexico in 1833, the bodies of over 100 victims were disinterred from local cemeteries due to a “perpetual burial” tax. They were stored in a nearby building, in a climate that allowed for natural mummification. Today, the building is the El Museo de las Momias (“The Museum of the Mummies”).

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