Mummies of Guanajuato

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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. Some bodies for which the tax was not paid were disinterred, and some—apparently those in the best condition—were stored in a nearby building. The climate of Guanajuato provides an environment which can lead to a type of natural mummification, although scientific studies later revealed that some bodies had been at least partially embalmed.^[1] By the 1900s^{[citation needed]} the mummies began attracting tourists. Cemetery workers began charging people a few pesos to enter the building where bones and mummies were stored.^{[not verified in body]}

This place was subsequently turned into a museum called El Museo de las Momias ("The Museum of the Mummies") in 1969. As of 2007, 59 mummies were on display, of a collection that totals 111.^[1]