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2. My daughter spent an entire summer there, digging up mummified human remains.

Thu Aug 31, 2017, 02:39 AM

Aug 2017

They were at least 1,000 yrs old, yet were perfectly preserved, with dried skin, and their clothing almost intact. It was their winter.

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