there are so many mummies here, vivien. how many? behind the scenes, at san miguel de azapa museum, the careful study and preservation of the majority of the chinchorro mummies takes place. there are so many mummies here, vivien. how many? yes, we have about 70 mummies, chinchorro mummies, in this store. let me show you. it's quite small. what can you tell me about this mummy? because if it was me, i would be very scared to work here. what do you love about yourjob? it's very interesting. but these fragile relics, which date back as much as 2,000 years before the egyptian mummies, are deteriorating at an increasing rate, in part due to climate change. for vivien, it's best to do as little as possible with the samples they have. with the museum's facilities lacking air—conditioning, rising humidity levels are a big threat to the mummies, a problem that's hoped to be solved by a vast new $25 million museum in construction on the grounds of the current one. so, is the local people's relationship with these mummies starting to change?

for vivien, it's best to do as little as possible with the samples they have. with the museum's facilities lacking air—conditioning, rising humility levels are a big threat to the mummies, a problem that is hope to be solved by a vast new $25 million museum in construction on the grounds of the current one. —— humidity. so is the local people was my relationship with these mummies are starting to change? —— people's relationship. further along the coast, at the small fishing village of caleta camarones, minerals suggest this is one of the closest sites to weather chinchorro mummies have been found. there are said to have been so many mummies buried here that locals find them on a regular basis. so before we came here some people said you could see the mummies on the ground and some people said you couldn't so i wasn't sure what we would find that while we were having lunch, we got talking to the guy who works here and it is two minutes down the road so we are on our way. currently the mummies buried in the ground of being left there by archaeologists

there are so many mummies here, vivien. how many? yes, we have about 70 mummies, chinchorro mummies, in this store. let me show you. it's quite small. what can you tell me about this mummy? because if it was me, i would be very scared to work here. what do you love about yourjob? it's very interesting. but these fragile relics, which date back as much as 2,000 years before the egyptian mummies, are deteriorating at an increasing rate, in part due to climate change. for vivien, it's best to do as little as possible with the samples they have. with the museum's facilities lacking air—conditioning, rising humidity levels are a big threat to the mummies, a problem that's hoped to be solved by a vast new $25 million museum in construction on the grounds of the current one. so is the local people's relationship with these mummies starting to change? further along the coast, at the small fishing village of caleta camarones, just some statues and a chinchorro—themed restaurant indicate that this is, in fact, the closest town to one of th

he was preceded in death by his wife vivien who passed in 2019. he's survived by his wife cindy "love" gilley, his children, four grandchildren, nine great grandchildren and his cousins, jerry lee lewis and jimmy swaggart my deepest sympathies go out to his families. thank you, mickey gilley to the world. you will forever be a legend. madam speaker i have one more that has -- notable who has passed in our great district so i'd like to commemorate him. i rise today to mourn the loss of our great galveston county precinct 4 commissioner ken clark. he was galveston county's longest serving elected official. ken had become a commissioner in 1998 and he's been an active member of our community for even longer. ken has been an instrumental community leader for several decades and a dedicated public servant. in his time he's served as state republican executive committee, he has served on sergeant at arms of the republican party of texas, he's served as galveston's municipal president and received the galveston county's republican vol year of the year aw