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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.

The mummy, known as “The Stabbed One,” is famous among a collection of mummies housed at the Mummies Museum of Guanajuato, officials said.

Some were exhibited in the United States in 2009. Mummies are displayed in the Mummy Museum in Guanajuato, Mexico, on Nov. 1, 2008.

The mummies have been on a 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.