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A mummy, 2009. The Mummies of Guanajuato are a number of naturally mummified bodies originally interred in Guanajuato, Mexico. The human bodies appear to have been disinterred between 1870 and 1958. During that time, a local tax was in place requiring a fee to be paid for "perpetual" burial.
Cueva de la Momia is an archaeological site located in the region of Ciudad Madera, in the Sirupa Canyon region, in the northwest of the Mexican state of Chihuahua.It is located at the foot of a very high cliff on the ravine of the Arroyo del Venado, shortly before it joins the Rio Chico; in the vicinity of the Huápoca Canyon, is a series of caves where a number of mummies were found.
The mummy's head was especially well-preserved, and the forelimbs of the mummy were preserved almost completely, the paper states. ... mummies of various animals have been discovered in Russia's ...
Well-preserved mummies found in dry caves provide insight into the ancient Basketmakers. Women were about 5 feet tall and men were 3 to 4 inches taller. They had long, narrow faces and medium to stocky build.
Experts working in the Tomb of Cerberus in Giugliano, an area in Naples, unsealed a 2,000-year-old sarcophagus. Inside they found the remains of a shockingly well-preserved body lying face-up and ...
Pictures that have been released show a long-fingered hand and fairly well-preserved boots. Numerous artifacts have been found with her including Mongolian clothes, an embroidered bag, and clay ...
These animals were prepared by dehydrating the meats and wrapping it in linen bandages, to indicate that the animals were food, not pets. [11] They were not mummified to the same meticulous extent that a pet mummy or human mummy would be, but the animals were nonetheless carefully preserved using natron and other special salts. [11]
Mexico's federal archaeology agency on Monday accused the conservative-governed city of Guanajuato of mistreating one of the country’s famous mummified 19th century bodies. The National ...