200-year-old mummy discovery
Exterminators searching for termites discover a mummy and a skeleton in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
The the mummy and the skeleton in a monastery in Brazil's capital city are believed to be nuns.
Conditions in the Mosteiro da Luz helped to preserve the remains with clay forming around the them.
They were discovered a few weeks ago. But officials at the monastery were waiting for the Institute for National Artistic and Historical Heritage to carry out further research, which has shown that the mummy is at least 200 years old.
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