The
Museum of Mummies is a macabre affair. Bodies are
continually exhumed from the local cemetery to make room
for others. Relatives have to pay an annual rental for a
grave site. If you are in arrears then your beloved may end
up on display in a glass case! It takes about 10 years for
a body to become mummified.
Only a small percent of corpses are "display quality" and
the rest are cremated. We found it crowded with classes of
school children being ushered through by guides explaining
the details of each corpse.