One thing about Mexico City is there is no lack of cathedrals or museums! And often they are combined into one, as was this case.
The El Carmen was built in the 1600's and it's an ex-convent.
The aqueducts that carried water into the cathedral...
Walking downstairs...
....to the mummies! AAH!!!
These are actually wealthy Carmenites that paid the church a lot of money to be preserved here. When the Zapatistas came to loot the church instead of finding riches in the basement thsese are what the found. OH SNAP!
Wonder what they would think about having they deteriorated bodies on display?
Probably was not what they had planned?
After the El Carmen we hid from the rain and ate some pizza.
When we emerged we realized that we were completely stranded on the corner, the street of San Angel were flooded completely!
Aah, the adventures of Mexico City.
Where else could you experience floods and mummies all in one day?
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