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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Guanajuato

Guanajuato stories: 1 news summaries

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Mexican exhibit includes 56 fully preserved corpses

(Newser) - A Mexican museum tells the story of the local mining industry with an unusual exhibit: 56 mummified corpses. The bodies, from as early as the mid-1800s, were removed from crypts that had been tightly sealed, allowing the bodies to dry intact. Elsewhere mummies might be considered freaky, but in Guanajuato,... More »

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