Some of the world's best known mummies were created accidentally, when a body's final resting place happened to prevent the natural process of decay. But many cultures around the world have sought ...

Julia Felton Thursday, June 25, 2020 10:10 a.m. | Thursday, June 25, 2020 10:10 a.m. Carnegie Science Center is extending its popular Mummies of the World exhibition as the museum reopens after ...

Do you know where the oldest mummies in the world are located? The answer is not Egypt. The Chinchorro people created the first mummies in the world along the coast of what is today northern Chile.

Researchers noted that this unique lineage of humans no longer exists in its original form in the modern world. The DNA of the Takarkori mummies now only makes up a part of the greater genetic ...

Today, we can still see traces of this culture in archaeological sites and museums all over the world, as well as in ... the giant Sphinx, and mummies. However, the early Egyptians also left ...

Two 7,000-year-old mummies from the Takarkori rock shelter in the Sahara have been found to be from a group with a previously unknown ancestry. DNA analysis of the mummies, which are the remains ...

After nearly a century in relative obscurity, Sicilian mummies have now been given the ... the big stories from financial markets around the world. 'Off-Map Destination' winner Wolfgat offers ...

This unique watercolour shows the lifting of the mummies of the priest kings of Amun from beneath the temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari in 1891. It is possibly the only record of the ...

The oldest mummies in the world aren't from ancient EgyptThe oldest mummies in the world aren't from ancient Egypt ...

For anyone who has ever wanted to see the results of mummification via both natural processes and intentional practices, the Mummies of the World exhibition is a highly anticipated close-up ...

But mummies dating as far back as 100 A.D have ... and 3300 B.C.—making him the oldest well-preserved mummy in the world. In 1972, hunters found some of the best ever naturally-preserved human ...