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Mummies

Coqueza Canton, Bolivia

Coqueza Mummies (Cementerio de Chullpas)

Halfway up a volcano at the edge of the world’s largest salt flats is a cave with seven mummies.

Salisbury, England

Mummified Hand at the Haunch of Venison

The twice-stolen hand of an alleged card cheat, with its final set of playing cards.

The mummies of Tarim Basin are up to 3,600 years old.

This Mummy Cheese Is Full of Ancient Secrets

The world's oldest known cheese holds the key to kefir's mysterious origins.

Roxanne Hoorn September 25, 2024

Area 21 Cusco

An extraterrestrial-themed art exhibit makes the perfect place to crash-land while interacting with Andean culture and history.

The three main pyramids at Giza, Egypt, together with subsidiary pyramids and the remains of other structures at the Giza pyramid complex.

Wonder Is Everywhere: New Finds, Viking Whale Hunters, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.

April White May 24, 2024

St. Thomas am Blasenstein, Austria

Luftg'selchter Pfarrer (The Air-Dried Priest)

In a crypt underneath this church lies a naturally mummified vicar whose story is surrounded by mystery.

The cartonnage dates to 800 BC.

The Victorian Ladies Who Smuggled a Mummy Case Out of Egypt

And did the unthinkable to the mummy inside.

Indi Bains February 19, 2024

High-altitude archaeologist Constanza Ceruti climbs towards the highest archaeological site on Earth at the top of the 22,110-foot-tall Mount Llullaillaco in Argentina.

In High Altitude Archaeology, One Woman Isn’t Scared of Heights—Or Mummies

Even when those mummies still have skin, hair, and clothing.

Laura Kiniry February 2, 2024

Skull and linen wrapping of a mummified baboon recovered from Gabbanat el-Qurud, Egypt and connected genetically to coastal Eritrea.

Mummified Baboons in Egypt Point to a Long Lost Land

New discoveries of ancient DNA could help scientists find the land of Punt.

Sunny Fitzgerald November 21, 2023

This mural from the Necropolis at Shaykh 'Abd al-Qurnah depicts the embalming process.

Ancient Egyptians May Have Spiced Their Mummies

Most ingredients in embalming perfumes were good enough to eat.

Diana Hubbell October 25, 2023

After death, an individual's heart was weighed; hearts heavy with sin were devoured by the terrifying Ammit, a chimera of ancient Egypt's most feared predators: crocodile, lion, and hippopotamus.

In Ancient Egypt, Judgement of the Dead Was Severe

To enter the realm of Osiris, the dead had to complete a long to-do list—and face a terrifying devourer of souls.

Nicky Nielsen October 24, 2023

Church of St. Spyridon

This Greek Orthodox church houses the mummified body of St. Spyridon.

A wild vervet monkey, native to Africa, dines near the Fort Lauderdale International Airport rental car area in 2021.

Wonder Is Everywhere: An Accidental Mummy, a Murdered Tree, and More From Around the Web

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April White October 13, 2023

The limestone canopic jars of lady Senetnay featured lids shaped like human heads. Two jars are kept at the Museum August Kestner in Hanover, Germany.

Get a Whiff of Ancient Egypt’s 'Scent of Eternity'

Experts reconstructed the smell of mummified organs—and it’s actually pretty pleasant.

Roxanne Hoorn September 14, 2023

St. Louis, Missouri

Marconnott Mausoleum

When Joseph Marconnott died, he had a unique final wish: to be mummified and put on display.

Museo Ritos Andinos

Andahuaylillas, Peru

Museo Ritos Andinos (Andean Rites Museum)

In this tiny museum, an unusually-shaped skull that some claim as evidence of extraterrestrials.

Hen, Mummy and Sarcophagus Display.

Cazenovia, New York

Cabinet of Curiosity at Cazenovia Public Library

A mummy and sarcophagus are part of the many wonders in this library's collection.

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