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This is the smallest mummy in the worldThe Guanajuato mummies were discovered in a cemetery of a city named Guanajuato northwest of Mexico City (near Léon). They are accidental modern mummies and were literally "dug up" between the years 1896 and 1958 when a local law required relatives to pay a kind of grave tax.
How were they made?
No one knows for certain since no scientists have studied the mummies. Possibly a combination of the soil conditions and a dry climate of the mountainous area caused the bodies to dry out naturally before they could decompose.
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I don't know why, but I find it kind of adorable.....
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How big are it?
I saw a show about mummies and there was two mummies of fetus or atleast the bones of fetus...it had been mummies I think.
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Si, de hecho es supuestamente la momia mas pequeña del mundo
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Muy bueno...
Me encantó tan mucho, que tenía que dibujar algo parecido .
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Mummies are one of my favorite subjects, it's fascinating to learn how the ancients honored their dead, what they died from, and how customs compare to the modern world. This is an excellent shot, well done!
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Wow. Neat looking mummy. Is it an adult?
From the looks to me it looks like a child.
Or is an adult and the body shrunk over time?
But very cool pic. i love Mummies!!
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It looks kind of happy with the eyelids all drooped closed. Like happy eyes. Like a happy Asian guy's eyes! Aww! Maybe it's a yawn. If I ever have a baby and it's accidentally mummified, I hope it's a happy one like this! (Though I hope that never IS accidentally mummified. But if it happened... you know.)
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la vi hace muchos muchos años... y ya no la recordaba... es tan... triste y desesperante su expresión...
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si es algo triste ver momias, aunque también me llama mucho la atención saber como fué su vida y por que murieron.
Gracias por tu comentaario
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Heeeeeeehehehehehe si recuerdo esa momia cuando fui al cerva, segun recuerdo estaba enmedio de otras 2 pekeñas, de hecho esa momia la agarramos para darle carrilla a un compa ke es el mas ruko del grupo y esta chaparro
buena foto
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ja ja ja 
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Very interesting, I have watched a lot of Discovery when they have showed documentaries about mummies. Very nice and interesting subject.
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no problem it is always interesting to see a mummie.
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no problem it is always interesting to see a mummie.
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yes i did, and also change the bg with photoshop
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excellent, nice shot it works for a book, you shuld sell the print
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Thanks, I think im going to do that
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God, what an amazing specimen of preservation.
It is amazing to think these were real people living so long ago.
A great image of a beautiful object.
I love anthropology.
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yes
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Linda foto de la pequeña momia.
Me gusta. Antes me daban miedo las momias de Guanajuato, pero eso fué hace años... Supongo que la debería agregar a lo de "favoritos"
*+fav*
Buena foto.
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sorry i don't know somethings about the mumie....but nice
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wow i like..reminds me of the movie i was watchin the other nites...
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The truth, I did not hope for so much of this photography since I am not very good in this and in addition the mummy was within a display cabinet that it prevents you to take a good shot, I just change the back ground with photoshop. Im glad that you like it
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I remember watching a documentry on this mummy and natural mummies...it was NEAT! I remember this one mummy the fats and protiens in her body had sorta...er..liquified and made her look and sorta be made outta sope....IT WAS SUPER NEAT!!!
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