<P> The Capuchin Crypt in Brno contains three hundred years of mummified remains directly below the main altar . Beginning in the 18th Century when the crypt was opened, and continuing until the practice was discontinued in 1787, the Capuchin monks 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 . </P> <P> Approximately fifty mummies were discovered in an abandoned crypt beneath the Church of St. Procopius of Sázava in Vamberk in the mid-1980s . 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 . The mummies range in age and social status at time of death, with at least two children and one priest . The majority of the Vamberk mummies date from the 18th century . </P> <P> The Klatovy catacombs currently house an exhibition of Jesuit mummies, alongside some aristocrats, that were originally interred between 1674--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 . </P> <P> Apart from several bog bodies, Denmark has also yielded several other mummies, such as the three Borum Eshøj mummies, the Skrydstrup Woman and the Egtved Girl, who were all found inside burial mounds, or tumuli . </P>

Who was the first person to get mummified