MADRID, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- A mummy and two skeletons of unknown origin were found on the roof terrace of a Madrid university building.

Complutense University officials confirmed the mummy and two skeletons were found in a room on the roof terrace of the school's faculty building Oct. 29.


The vice chancellor's office said the remains were discovered in an old cadaver drying room that hadn't been used in 25 to 30 years.

An internal department memo said the facility failed to meet "minimum safety or hygiene standards."

"We have been told verbally that the mummified body will be removed by a funeral company as quickly as possible," the memo read.

The discovery comes after hundreds of human cadavers were found rotting in the basement of the school's Anatomy and Embryology department in May.