Editing Mummy (section)

==== Czech Republic ====
[[File:Brno CZ Crypt at the Capuchin Monastery 02.jpg|thumb|left|140px|Mummies in the [[Capuchin Crypt in Brno]]]]
The majority of mummies recovered in the [[Czech Republic]] come from underground crypts. While there is some evidence of deliberate mummification, most sources state that desiccation occurred naturally due to unique conditions within the crypts.{{sfn|Aufderheide|2003|p=192}}<ref name=Orchestrion /><ref name=AtlasCapu />

The [[Capuchin Crypt in Brno]] contains three hundred years of mummified remains directly below the main altar.<ref name=Orchestrion>{{cite web|title=Mummies and Mummified Remains |url=http://www.orchestrion.cz/mummy.htm|access-date=11 November 2013}}</ref> Beginning in the 18th century when the crypt was opened, and continuing until the practice was discontinued in 1787, the [[Order of Friars Minor Capuchin|Capuchin friars]] of the monastery would lay the deceased on a pillow of bricks on the ground. The unique air quality and topsoil within the crypt naturally preserved the bodies over time.<ref name=Orchestrion /><ref name=AtlasCapu>{{cite web|title=The Czech's Capuchin Crypt|url=http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/czechs-capuchin-crypt|access-date=11 November 2013}}</ref>

Approximately fifty mummies were discovered in an abandoned crypt beneath the [[Church of St. Procopius of Sázava]] in [[Vamberk]] in the mid-1980s.<ref name=Agentura>{{cite web|title=Monastery of Broumov|url=http://www.broumovsko.cz/en/monastery-of-broumov/monastery-of-broumov|publisher=Agentura pro rozvoj Broumovska|access-date=11 November 2013}}</ref> Workers digging a trench accidentally broke into the crypt, which began to fill with waste water. The mummies quickly began to deteriorate, though thirty-four were able to be rescued and stored temporarily at the District Museum of the Orlické Mountains until they could be returned to the monastery in 2000.<ref name=Agentura /> The mummies range in age and social status at time of death, with at least two children and one priest.<ref name=Orchestrion /><ref name=Agentura /> The majority of the Vamberk mummies date from the 18th century.<ref name=Agentura />

The [[Klatovy]] catacombs currently house an exhibition of [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] mummies, alongside some aristocrats, that were originally interred between 1674 and 1783. In the early 1930s, the mummies were accidentally damaged during repairs, resulting in the loss of 140 bodies. The newly updated airing system preserves the thirty-eight bodies that are currently on display.<ref name=Orchestrion /><ref name=Klatovy>{{cite web|title=New exposition|url=http://www.katakomby.cz/klatovycatacombs/newexposition.aspx|publisher=Klatovské katakomby|access-date=11 November 2013}}</ref>