Sunday, March 08, 2009

Mummified mystery

Speaking of mummies . . .

Monster mummies of Japan





Lurking the halls of Buddhist temples and museums across Japan are a host of monster mummies -- the preserved remains of demons, mermaids, kappa, tengu, raijū, and even human monks. Here are a few remarkable specimens for the adventurous and brave at heart.

4 comments:

  1. No comments,
    I understand.

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  2. I like to be involved in those topics because the mummies world is my passion, actually I'm developing a work at the University related to mummies.

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  3. Oh mine i don't believe that really there were things like this which existed.

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