VOICED : Tintin y el enigma de la momia amerindia desata la polemica en Belgica

The transcript discusses a controversy over the mummy that inspired Hergé's Rascarcapac in Tintin's 'The Seven Crystal Balls'. Both Pairi Daisa Zoo and the Museum of Art and History in Brussels claim to possess the authentic mummy. The zoo's claim has sparked debate, as the museum argues that Hergé frequently visited their exhibits. The museum's mummy, believed to be a 16th-century farmer from near Arica, Chile, arrived in Belgium in 1841. Despite the zoo's acquisition of a 2,000-year-old mummy in 2008, the true inspiration remains uncertain. The only consensus is that the mummy was part of a 1979 exhibition in Brussels, which Hergé attended.

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