One specimen is "sitting" in front of a computer, as if he is surfing the Internet, during an exhibition in Kunming in southwestern China's Yunnan Province starting from November 16, 2007.

Eight specimens of the human body, nicknamed "modern mummies," will help us see ourselves at an exhibition in Kunming in southwestern China's Yunnan Province starting this Friday.

These special "models" will be on show together with 160 human organ specimens in this tour exhibition, which, since 2004, has been to over 50 cities in China, Japan and South Korea.

These "modern mummies" are stripped of skin, giving a full picture of the human organs, muscles and the blood circulation system. Meanwhile, they are presented with different poses, even with props.

For example, one is "sitting" in front of a computer, as if he is surfing the Internet. And a 1.9-meter tall female body is "jogging" on a platform. Visitors can touch the samples, which are smell-less, dry and nontoxic.

The exhibition aims to give the public more knowledge about human bodies, and draw people's attention to their health problems, Fan Yejun, an organizer of the show, told locally based Spring City Evening News.

That's why black lungs resulted from smoking, kidneys of drunk people, and some other pathological organs are also on display.

Fan Yejun also introduced that the models are valued at 20 million yuan (US$2.7 million) in total.

The exhibition will last until November 25.

(CRI November 15, 2007)