Egypt is famous for its mummies, but not many people outside of mexico have heard of the mummies of guanajuato. The guanajuato mummies present in the museum are not ancient, but from the turn of the last century. You dont need to crawl through the narrow passages of egypts great pyramids to meet your favorite mummy. The mummies of guanajuato 1970 pitted the wellknown mexican professional wrestler santo and several others against reanimated mummies author ray bradbury visited the catacombs of guanajuato with his friend grant beach and wrote. Tour of accidental mummies of guanajuato aarp viva. The mummy of the legendary wrestler satan awakes 100 years after his death, as satan was also a powerful. The mummies have previously never left mexico but have been. There are regions and places that due to their characteristics of extreme dryness, cold, alkalinity, isolation from the elements or from microorganisms, cause the cadaver to mummify instead of decaying completely, as normally occurs in almost any part.
Mexicos astounding mummy museum with the worlds smallest mummy. The horrific mummy collection includes mummified fetuses, mummified babies and an unfortunate person who was buried alive. This was followed up a year later with a sequel, the theft of the mummies of guanajuato. The mummies of guanajuato inside the museum, cemetery. The mummies of guanajuato are naturally mummified bodies interred around guanajuato, mexico. With blue demon, mil mascaras, santo, elsa cardenas. These naturally preserved bodies are all housed in a museum, which it says is the. The castle of mummies of guanajuato 1973 the movie. Almost like a comic book, the film is action packed and full of good entertainment. Unlike the ancient egyptian variety, guanajuatos mummies are accidental and far from royal. The cemetery adjoining the mummy museum has both underground and aboveground burial sites. A trio of masked mexican wrestlers take on a mad scientist, killer dwarfs, and a horde of reanimated mummies in guanajuato. Apr, 2015 you dont need to crawl through the narrow passages of egypts great pyramids to meet your favorite mummy. Horror films yet to be released on dvd andor blueray.
The mummies in guanajuato have been a notable part of mexican popular culture, echoing the national holiday the day of the dead. To see a transcript of this show or to check out references on this subject matter, please visit our web site. The mummies of guanajuato 1972 the mummies of guanajuato. The state is divided into five regions, taking into consideration geography and climate. Aug 26, 20 in the case of the guanajuato mummies, the subjects only had to wait a few hundred years, and were not so much discovered as evicted. The mummies in guanajuato were discovered in the late 1800s after the government instituted a perpetual burial tax on the. The mummies displayed in the museum were residents of guanajuato who lived roughly from 1850 to 1950. Index to science fiction anthologies and collections. Oct 30, 2018 the mummies of guanajuato become famous the local population was fascinated with these mummies of guanajuato and began sneaking into the warehouse to peek at them. Why see mummies when you can visit the diego rivera museum or browse for jewelry and clothes with a latte in hand.
A wellknown b movie called santos vs the mummies of guanajuato 1970 pitted the wellknown mexican professional santo and several others in a battle to a predictable finish. Guanajuato, amidst the most richly silverladened mountains in the world, mexico 1 photographic print on stereo card. The mummies, which have been on display in a guanajuato museum since 1969, are being analyzed scientifically for the first time by a team that includes dr. The city had decided to commence exhuming bodies from santa paula municipal pantheon cemetery niches and crypts if the families had. Man on horseback in foreground, guanajuato in valley below and mountains in background. Best movies like the castle of mummies of guanajuato. Although it would be cool to see the museum, i feel bad for the families who had to go through such a horrible experience. Me posed beside a monument in a guanajuato cemetery.
The mummies of guanajuato, mexico have a sad history that. The haunting and horrifying mummies of guanajuato, mexico. The mummies have previously never left mexico but have been sampled at area fairs inside the country since 2005. The collection of mummies gained notoriety and became a widespread attraction after featuring in the 1970 mexican horror flick santo vs. Ver pelicula the castle of mummies of guanajuato en. Born of a god but raised as a man, perseus is helpless to save his family from hades, vengeful god of the underworld. In other words, they are bodies that were unearthed from their graves and found in a reasonable state of conservation, with discernible muscles, skin and even facial features, a. The mummies from guanajuato are located in the guanajuato mummy museum. This museum has quite a number of naturally mummified bodies which were buried during the cholera outbreak around guanajuato, mexico in 1833. That the film s impact was so profound is all the more impressive when you consider what an aimless, lazilyconstructed mess the mummies of.
The mummies of guanajuato, as their name implies, are actual mummies. The mummies of guanajuato, mexico puerto vallarta news. San marcos, texas twentytwo mummies in central mexico including one believed to be the worlds youngest embalmed mummified fetus. The mummies of guanajuato are a number of naturally mummified bodies interred during a cholera outbreak around guanajuato, mexico in 1833. The mummies of guanajuato, mexico have a sad, but interesting history that dates back to a cholera outbreak 1833. The first half of the book is a ray bradbury story about some folks from the us who visit the guanajuato mummies and the 2nd half is pictures of various mummies.
The mummies of guanajuato become famous the local population was fascinated with these mummies of guanajuato and began sneaking into the warehouse to peek at them. What are the mummies of guanajuato, and where are they. For the first time this fall, a unique set of mummies from guanajuato, mexico, will visit the united states. Translated into english, this means santo against the mummies of guanajuato. The mummies of guanajuato inside the museum, cemetery, and more duration. Count cagliostro and a scientist bring the mummies of guanajuato back to life, they must now be. The castle of mummies of guanajuato 1973 08301973 mx action, horror, mystery, thriller 1h 25m user score. About 30 years after the outbreak, the city cemetery was filling up so quickly that room was starting to become a serious issue, and in an attempt to fix the problem, guanajuato enacted a tax that demanded families pay up in order to keep their deceased relative buried. Sep 02, 2014 the mummies of guanajuato, mexico have a sad, but interesting history that dates back to a cholera outbreak 1833. Ive visited famous cemeteries all over the world, including.
Eduardo hicks, initiated the guanajuato mummy research project in early 2007, inviting melbye, beckett, and conlogue to serve on the scientific team that will spend more than a year exploring the origins and development of the mummies. In the case of the guanajuato mummies, the subjects only had to wait a few hundred years, and were not so much discovered as evicted. Word spread and tourists began to arrive paying a few pesos to the local caretakers to allow them to see the mummies. It covers an area of 30,608 km 2 11,818 sq mi guanajuato is between the arid north of the country and the lusher south, and it is geographically part of the transmexican volcanic belt, the. Movies similar to the castle of mummies of guanajuato. Word spread and tourists began to arrive paying a few pesos to the local. The concept of the film is really interesting, as it really uses the guanajuato mummies in a very original and effective way. Haunting photos by archie lieberman of the mummies from. The 2,000 yearold mummified body of lady xin zhui, hunan museum, changsha, china duration. Mar 12, 2017 why see mummies when you can visit the diego rivera museum or browse for jewelry and clothes with a latte in hand. Ver pelicula robbery of the mummies of guanajuato en espanol. The examples quoted above are from the examination of egyptian mummies more than 120 years ago. Mummies of guanajuato 1972 mexican horror movie clip.
The mummy of the legendary wrestler satan awakes 100 years after his death, as satan was also a powerful sorcerer who vowed to take revenge over the city of guanajuato before dying. When i was a little kid, i always pestered my mother about visiting guanajuato check out the best things to do and see in guanajuato here. With nothing to lose, perseus volunteers to lead a dangerous mission to defeat hades before he can seize power from zeus and unleash hell on earth. Robbery of the mummies of guanajuato es una muy bueno video con descriptivo historia y moderno visualizacion. A trio of masked mexican wrestlers take on a mad scientist, killer dwarfs, and a. The popularity of the film even had consequences for the actual mummies of guanajuato, as the museum where they were housed saw a considerable rise in attendance as a result of the free publicity. Naturally desiccated bodies in guanajuato, mexico, include screamers. Some still wear clothes and most are recognised and known by name. Theres a funeral or at least a burial scene in practically everything ive written. Jerry melbye, one of the united states leading forensic anthropologists and a professor at texas state university san marcos. The mummies of guanajuato is a 1978 book which reprints ray bradburys novelette, the next in line, illustrated with photographs, by archie lieberman, of the actual mummies discovered in guanajuato which inspired the story. Book now at 47 restaurants near the mummies of guanajuato museum on opentable. Mummies of guanajuato 1972 mexican horror movie clip youtube. For well over a century, the contorted features of ancient mummies have led to speculation of untold pain and horrible deaths.
Situated in the historical district, this hotel is within 1 mi 2 km of public granary, mummies museum, and alley of the kiss. From 1865 to 1958, the town of guanajuato, mexico, required. Remigio leroy, whose mummified remains are pictured here in guanajuatos museum of mummies, was the first mummy found in guanajuato in 1865, and the fact of his mummification was discovered quite by accident. Contrary to popular belief, the 108 mummies in the museum are not from soil graves but were removed from the aboveground crypts. Ver pelicula robbery of the mummies of guanajuato en. For us, it was with some relief when we finished our guanajuato mummies tour and rejoined the land of the living outside in the sunshine.
Warning some of the images you are about to see are disturbing. Sep 07, 2016 the mummies of guanajuato inside the museum, cemetery, and more duration. The mummies of guanajuato by ray bradbury goodreads. The mummies of guanajuato 1970 pitted the wellknown mexican professional wrestler santo and several others against reanimated mummies. These made this a cool book, but what i really wanted was some facts about the mummies in the pictures. The story originally appeared in bradburys first book, dark carnival, in 1947. Unlike the ancient egyptian variety, guanajuato s mummies are accidental and far from royal lineage. Sources of legends since its discovery, the guanajuato mummies were of course a natural source for a horror film, and by the early 70s, movies starring wrestlers became a very popular sub genre in the troubled mexican film industry, as the mystique and charm of the wellknown athletes suited perfectly a wide range of stories on almost every. Hoping to increase scientific and historical knowledge about the mummies, guanajuatos mayor, dr. The city of guanajuato, which currently owns the mummies, is promoting a forprofit venture to display the mummies in museums and exhibit halls around the world and will profit most from the exhibits. Apr 24, 20 the popularity of the film even had consequences for the actual mummies of guanajuato, as the museum where they were housed saw a considerable rise in attendance as a result of the free publicity. The mummies of guanajuato and again when werner herzog used some of the mummies faces in an opening for his 1979 horror film nosferatu the vampyre. The detroit science center also reconstructed the mummies crypts and filmed a documentary on their history.
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