The 36 mummies sent to tour the United States will be returning to Guanajuato, their adventure abroad a failure. Cadavers interred in Guanajuato crypts occasionally mummify. This was discovered some years ago when crypts were opened to provide space for fresh arrivals. Only when a crypt is purchased “in perpetuity” are remains left undisturbed. Guanajuato now has a mummy museum visited by some 800,000 people annually. Seventy corpses are on display. In 2009, a promoter arranged for another 36 to be shipped to the United States and exhibited in various cities. The mummies were shipped but the show, according to press reports, never went on. Lawsuits followed, the argument being over who would pay to have the cadavers returned. Now, reports indicate, a settlement has been reached.
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Jimm Budd
Reporting From Mexico City
Member of the Society of American Travel Writers
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