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Mummies Galore at Guanajuato's Museum of Mummies - Guanajuato, Mexico

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Mummies! The Museum of Mummies in Guanajuato, Mexico: Home to Real Mummies
Guanajuato's Museum of Mummies

Guanajuato's Museum of Mummies

© Kathleen Crislip
Mummies are real -- that is, mummies aren't just products of horror flicks and mysterious ancient burial rites: you can see real unlive mummies from the very near past in Guanajuato, Mexico's Museo de Momias. Get started in the Museum of Mummies on the next page!

The mummy above was a mother, and the tiny mummy beside her was her unborn child...

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