In the heart of Miraflores, a part of Lima’s bustling city center, the well-preserved Huaca Pucllana ceremonial center site has yielded the remains of a 1,000-year-old mummy, dated to the beginning of the pre-Incan Ychsma culture (1100-1469 AD). Read more Section: News History & Archaeology Read Later Source Views: 0
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The Perfectly Preserved Yuka Wooly Mammoth Mummy (Video)
The perfectly preserved mummified Yuka Mammoth Mummy is a remarkable archaeological discovery that has captivated the world with its exceptional state of preservation. Read more Section: News Ancient Places Asia Videos History Read Later Source Views: 0
Mummy in Mexico Has Fungal Growths That May Infect Visitors
A travelling display of mummies from the 1800s in Mexico could pose a health risk, warn Mexican government and health experts. Read more Section: News History & Archaeology Read Later Source Views: 0
Man in Peru Caught Out Drinking With an 800-year-old Mummy!
A pre-Hispanic mummy of between 600 and 800 years old, was found inside the backpack of a delivery man from a delivery company in the Peruvian region of Puno, near Bolivia. Read more Section: News General Read Later Source Views: 0
Mermaid Mummy at Japan Temple Exposed as Gruesome Man-Made Hoax
Medical tests performed on a mummified mermaid corpse on display at a temple in Japan have been exposed as a hoax. Read more Section: News Mysterious Phenomena Read Later Source Views: 0
Archaeologists discover RARE and possibly the OLDEST gold-covered Egyptian mummy
Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered what could possibly be the oldest gold-coverered Egyptian mummy. The said mummy, who was named Hekashepes per the hieroglyphic inscriptions on his sarcophagus, was found among a whole set of tombs going back around 4,300 years ago. Hekashepes’ huge rectangular sarcophagus made of limestone was still sealed with mortar when […]
Golden Mummy Excavation Reveals Rare Details About Ordinary Egyptians
A Pharaonic tomb containing a mummy wrapped in a gold-covered leaf described as the “oldest and most complete mummy found in Egypt to date” has been uncovered in Saqqara, near the Step Pyramid. Read more Section: Artifacts Other Artifacts News History & Archaeology Read Later Source Views: 0
Woking the Dead: British Museum Bans the Word ‘Mummy’ for Ancient Remains
British Museum chiefs have been accused of being ‘woke’ and virtue signaling to the public after banning the word ‘mummy.’ The museum claims they “don’t want to offend dead Egyptians.” You might be thinking that it would be impossible to hurt the feelings and trigger the social sensitivities of a 3,000-year-old corpse, but British Museum […]
Huge Egyptian Tomb Discovered with Extraordinarily Rare Mummy Portraits
A huge funerary building has been excavated by researchers at the Gerza archaeological site in Fayum, Egypt. Rare artifacts were discovered, but a collection of mummy portraits represent the first such discovery for over 100 years. Established in the 3rd century BC about 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Cairo, Gerza was a central village […]
Famed Egyptologist Proclaims Discovery of Queen Nefertiti’s Mummy
Has Queen Nefertiti’s mummy, one of ancient Egypt’s most celebrated New Kingdom rulers, finally been found? Read more Section: News History & Archaeology Read Later Source Views: 0
Successfully Dating a Mummy Just Got Easier. New Testing Revealed
It is no secret that in dating, timing is everything. When studying the past, whether finding coins, bones, or pathogens buried in a mound – the question of when they are from makes the difference between a meaningful or a misleading discovery. Read more Section: News Human Origins Science Read Later Source Views: 0
Egyptian Mummy’s Head Discovered In English Attic Scanned
Archaeologists and hospital staff in England have been working together. Read more Section: News History & Archaeology Read Later Source Views: 0
436-Year-Old Neapolitan Mummy Found To Have E. Coli Hidden in Gallstone
Escherichia coli, popularly known as E. coli, is a bacteria that is commonly found in the lower intestine of healthy, warm-blooded organisms. Read more Section: News History & Archaeology Ancient Places Europe Read Later Views: 0
Egyptian Mummy ‘Gebelein Man’ Was Knifed in The Back!
In 1900, the British Museum exhibit known as the Gebelein Man was acquired along by Sir Wallis Budge, then keeper of the British Museum’s Egyptian Department. All six bodies were excavated under Budge’s oversight in 1896 from separate shallow sand graves in the ancient Egyptian desert town of Gebelein, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) south […]
Mummy Brown – 16th Century Paint Made from Ground Up Mummies
Most people today would probably associate Egyptian mummies with museums. This is unsurprising, as this is probably where most of us have seen them, especially in Europe. Read more Section: Artifacts Ancient Technology News History Ancient Traditions Read Later Views: 0
Fetus Found Mummified Inside the Womb of a 2,000-Year-Old Egyptian Mummy
A mummified fetus identified within the leathery womb of an ancient Egyptian pregnant mummy was preserved for more than 2,000 years. Now, scientists have described the unusual processes that led to its preservation. The Warsaw Mummy Project was launched in 2015 by a team of bio-archaeologists from the University of Warsaw. Their website says they […]
Digital Scan of Ancient Egyptian Mummy Amenhotep I Shows His True Face
The 3,500-year-old mummy of Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep I had remained virtually unexamined since its discovery at Luxor, Egypt in 1881. As one of the few royal mummies from ancient Egypt yet to be unwrapped, it had revealed precious few details about the life of the man who ruled over a united Egyptian kingdom from 1525 […]
Archaeologists Discover 800-year-old Rope-bound Mummy in Peru
A preserved rope-bound mummy, estimated to be at least 800 years old, has been discovered in an underground tomb by archaeologists on Peru’s central coast. The mummified remains, which are in excellent condition, were found at the Cajamarquilla archaeological site about 15 miles (24 kilometers) inland from Lima. The rope-bound mummy was from the culture […]
The Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo and Their Most Famous Mummy
Human beings have always had a fascination with death. In some cultures, the dead are never left alone, but continue to interact with the living. For instance, some set up ancestor cults to memorialize their dead forebears. Others believe that the living can communicate with the dead via mediums. While these forms of interaction deal […]