Kabayan Mummy Caves
The Kabayan Caves located in the Philippines are man-made caves full of some of the best-preserved mummies in the world. Isolated for hundreds of years, the Ibaloi tribe of the northern Philippines mummified their dearly departed by making them drink a salty potion just before they died. After death, they smoked the bodies over an open fire completing the mummification process and then placing them into the hand carved caverns to rest for eternity. The underground burial chambers of these “fire mummies” were rediscovered in the 20th century and quickly became a hot spot for curious tourists. That is until some of the mummies began to be stolen. Locals believe the Kabayan region is now cursed because the mummy of a heavily tattooed tribal chieftain was stolen for a circus sideshow.
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