A mummy was discovered by utility workers in Peru, and it is believed to have belonged to an adolescent from a pre-Inca ...

The mummy had gone unnoticed despite urban development in a district where agricultural fields have been converted into working-class neighborhoods.

The burial belonged to a child who may have lived among fishermen from the Chancay culture, which thrived in Peru before the ...

A pre-Inca mummy unearthed in Peru’s Puente Piedra district reveals details about a young woman’s life and ancient Chancay rituals.

A dreaded fungus known to inhabit tombs has been reconstituted as a treatment for leukemia and is performing as effectively ...

Peruvian gas workers this week found a thousand-year-old mummy while installing pipes in Lima, their company said, confirming the latest discovery of a pre-Hispanic tomb in the capital.

Haunting 1,000-year-old mummy found ‘seated with bent arms’ and brown hair still visible just INCHES below ground The desert heat dehydrates the bodies, naturally mummifying the bodies and ...

Archaeologists in Egypt unearthed 4,600-year-old ‘well’ tomb and brick tombs, other burials and an ancient mummy in a Greco-Roman catacomb. Photo from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and ...

Archaeologists in Egypt unearthed 4,600-year-old ‘well’ tomb and brick tombs, other burials and an ancient mummy in a Greco-Roman catacomb. Photo from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and ...

A mummy was discovered by utility workers in Peru, and it is believed to have belonged to an adolescent from a pre-Inca culture.