The Mummies of Guanajuato
Some of the bodies are contorted, twisted as though trying to avoid the inevitability of death. Most are naked but a few still have remnants of clothing: a pair of socks, shoes, a gown, one, a French doctor, is nearly completely dressed in leathers. All are the color of dried plaster of Paris. All have gaping mouths, open in what appears to be a scream of agony, caused by the shrinkage and retraction of facial skin and muscles.
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