In the high, dry desert of central Mexico, the city of Guanajuato harbors one of the world’s most macabre and fascinating tourist attractions: El Museo de las Momias (The Mummies of Guanajuato). Naturally mummified by the region’s unique mineral-rich soil and arid climate, the bodies of hundreds of 19th and early 20th-century inhabitants lie on display, frozen in their death throes. For over a century, these mummies have been silent witnesses to history. However, in the mid-20th century, the museum was the target of a bizarre and shocking crime—a "robbery" that did not target gold or jewels, but the dead themselves. The theft of several of the most famous mummies represents not just a loss of cultural patrimony, but a profound violation of both the living and the deceased.
In recent years, the term "robbery" has been used in media reports regarding a dispute over missing remains from the museum’s official inventory. robbery of the mummies of guanajuato top
On the night of December 28, 2022, thieves broke into the Museo de las Momias . In the high, dry desert of central Mexico,
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The mummies are not ancient; they are common citizens from the 19th and 20th centuries.