Mexico's federal archaeology agency has accused the conservative-governed city of Guanajuato of mistreating one of the country's famous mummified 19th century bodies.
's federal archaeology agency has accused the conservative-governed city of Guanajuato of mistreating one of the country's famous mummified 19th century bodies.
But in fact, the mummies have been on a somewhat grisly display in glass cases in a museum in Guanajuato, the capital of the state of the same name, and toted around to tourism fairs for decades.What appears to be at the root of the latest dispute is a turf battle between the INAH, which believes it has jurisdiction over the mummies because it says they are "national patrimony," and Guanajuato, which considers them a tourist attraction.
"These events confirm that the way the museum's collection was moved is not the correct one, and that far from applying proper corrective and conservation strategies, the actions carried out resulted in damages, not only to this body," the institute wrote in a statement."It appears that this situation is related to a lack of knowledge about proper protocols and the lack of training of the personnel in charge of carrying out these tasks," it continued.
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