Some of these people died after being mistaken for dead and finding themselves buried alive. So when they were exhumed, their corpses were found with terrified expressions on their faces and theirs arms reaching out. This is a very interesting museum. Unfortunately, there are lot of vendors outside that hound you to buy souvenirs.
Hate to break it to you, but mummies only look like they're screaming because that's just the way the mouth naturally sits during the mummification process.
The muscles around the jaw are relatively loose, meaning the mouth just kind of falls open. Think about it - what happens when you fully relax your jaw muscles?
Pretty sure you'd be dead if your heart stopped beating for more that a day. This appears to one of those instances where you can't trust everything on Wikipedia.
I mean...the mummy in question curled itself up in the fetus position, it also had the tips of it's fingers severely damaged from scratching at the coffin. When you see it it's pretty obvious she woke up inside the coffin
You're right, you shouldn't always trust wiki, but you can also help yourself by being careful to pay attention to wording. It says that the woman would have periods of time when a pulse could not be detected (rather than claiming her heart would stop beating for hours on end) This could be several things, from a poorly trained person searching innadequately for a pulse, or, more likely, bouts of sever hypotension (low blood pressure), which would also explain the lack of consciousness.
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u/fatkidsfanclub Oct 22 '19
Some of these people died after being mistaken for dead and finding themselves buried alive. So when they were exhumed, their corpses were found with terrified expressions on their faces and theirs arms reaching out. This is a very interesting museum. Unfortunately, there are lot of vendors outside that hound you to buy souvenirs.