Latest about mummies
Haunting 'mermaid' mummy in Japan is probably a gruesome monkey-fish mix
Researchers in Japan have begun a new study into a 300-year-old "mermaid mummy" to determine the exact origins of the gruesome remains.
Remains of ancient child sacrifice victims found near 1,000-year-old mummy in Peru
Archaeologists have found 20 additional mummies near a previously discovered mummified man in Peru.
Fetus inside Egyptian mummy was 'pickled like an egg,' researchers say
Researchers studying the fetus found inside a pregnant Egyptian mummy claim the developing baby was "pickled like an egg," but some scientists disagree.
30 mummies discovered inside an ancient fire-scorched sacrificial structure
Hidden within a fire-scorched structure near the Nile River in Aswan, Egypt, archaeologists discovered the entrance to a 2,000-year-old family tomb.
Child mummies in Sicily's Capuchin Catacombs to be X-rayed
Very little is known about the identities of these child mummies.
1,000-year-old mummy in fetal position found in underground tomb in Peru
Archaeologists have unearthed a mummy lying in a fetal position and bound by rope in Cajamarquilla, Peru.
Mummy of famous Egyptian pharaoh digitally unwrapped for first time in 3,000 years
Some 3,000 years after the burial of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep, a team of researchers used CT scans to digitally unwrap his body for the first time.
