The Monks Who Spent Years Turning Themselves into Mummies — While Alive - The News Lens International Edition
What you need to know Japan's self-sacrificing sokushinbutsu were a very determined lot. The Japanese climate is not exactly conducive to mummification. There are no peat bogs, no arid deserts, and no alpine peaks perennially encased in ice. The summers are hot and humid. Yet somehow a group of …