{"id":1299,"date":"2008-11-25T19:08:19","date_gmt":"2008-11-26T02:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/?p=1299"},"modified":"2011-11-18T17:25:34","modified_gmt":"2011-11-19T00:25:34","slug":"guanajuato-mummies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/2008\/11\/guanajuato-mummies\/","title":{"rendered":"Guanajuato Mummies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/dsc00554trim.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1302\" title=\"guanajuato mexico mummies mummified remains\" src=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/dsc00554trim-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/dsc00554trim-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/dsc00554trim-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/dsc00554trim.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Guanajuato, Mexico is known for its mummies. It is a dry area (although I&#8217;ve been caught in a few rain storms in Guanajuato), and there are natural chemicals in the ground which allow for a quick mummification process. The mummies you can find in the museum (<em>El museo de las momias<\/em>) are all modern mummies. I don&#8217;t think the oldest mummy is more than about a hundred years old even though no new ones have been dug up in over 50 years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/dsc00556trim.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1300\" title=\"baby mummies guanajuato mexico\" src=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/dsc00556trim-799x726.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"799\" height=\"726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/dsc00556trim-799x726.jpg 799w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/dsc00556trim-150x136.jpg 150w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/dsc00556trim.jpg 1156w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The mummy museum of Guanajuato features the world&#8217;s smallest mummy (on the right). The baby mummy pictured above, and its mother, died during the birthing process. It looks fairly large in this picture, but in real life it is only a few inches in height.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/dsc00555trim.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1301\" title=\"mummy with socks on in guanajuato mexico\" src=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/dsc00555trim-800x465.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/dsc00555trim-800x465.jpg 800w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/dsc00555trim-150x87.jpg 150w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/dsc00555trim.jpg 1680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ever heard of dying with your boots on? The guy in the above photo didn&#8217;t quite meet that saying, but he did die with his socks on, and they haven&#8217;t moved ever since.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guanajuato, Mexico is known for its mummies. It is a dry area (although I&#8217;ve been caught in a few rain storms in Guanajuato), and there are natural chemicals in the ground which allow for a quick mummification process. The mummies you can find in the museum (El museo de las momias) are all modern mummies. 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