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The Mummies of Guanajuato, Mexico seen here c. 1911. The dry rarefied air of Guanajuato provides an environment which can lead to a type of natural mummification. This place was subsequently turned into a museum called El Museo de las Momias (The Museum of the Mummies) in 1969. From The Wonders of the World, published c.1911.
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Caption:
The Mummies of Guanajuato, Mexico seen here c. 1911. The dry rarefied air of Guanajuato provides an environment which can lead to a type of natural mummification. This place was subsequently turned into a museum called El Museo de las Momias (The Museum of the Mummies) in 1969. From The Wonders of the World, published c.1911.
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Album / Universal Images Group / Universal History Archive
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Image size:
5100 x 3452 px | 50.4 MB
Print size:
43.2 x 29.2 cm | 17.0 x 11.5 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
20 XX TWENTIETH CENTURY • 20TH CENTURY • 20TH • AIR • ARCHIVAL • ARCHIVE • ARCHIVES • BODIES • BODY • BURIAL • CADAVER • CATACOMB • CATACOMBS • CENTURY • CLIMATE • CORPS • CORPSE • DEAD BODY • DEAD • DEATH • DRY • EL MUSEO DE LAS MOMIAS • ENVIRONMENT • GUANAJUATO • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • MEXICAN • MEXICO • MUMMIES • MUMMIFICATION • MUMMY • MUSEUM OF THE MUMMIES, THE • NATURAL • OLD • ORGANS • PRESERVED • RAREFIED • SUBTERRANEAN • TWENTIETH CENTURY • TWENTIETH
