Mummies
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![The tomb was discovered beneath a set of stairs.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6SWidmHrMufvqQf4MaTF8Y-320-80.jpg)
30 mummies discovered inside an ancient fire-scorched sacrificial structure
By Yasemin Saplakoglu published
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 the Capuchin Catacombs](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5PVKAbfeEh22HfD4HKRScj-320-80.jpg)
Child mummies in Sicily's Capuchin Catacombs to be X-rayed
By Nicoletta Lanese published
Very little is known about the identities of these child mummies.
![The mummy — the remains of a male between 18 and 22 years old — was found buried in a fetal position in a tomb at the site of Cajamarquilla in Peru.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fefRMXd6Vq7vJTPQiwNPHT-320-80.jpg)
1,000-year-old mummy in fetal position found in underground tomb in Peru
By Owen Jarus published
Archaeologists have unearthed a mummy lying in a fetal position and bound by rope in Cajamarquilla, Peru.
![The royal mummy of Amenhotep I, the second pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, in April 2006, at Cairo Museum, Egypt.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nBCT264B2ppAYLpDX7GFLb-320-80.jpg)
Mummy of famous Egyptian pharaoh digitally unwrapped for first time in 3,000 years
By Owen Jarus published
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.
![Reproduction of Ötzi the Iceman an in the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TjzpnnJakzpqoFZgrznsGY-320-80.jpg)
Ötzi the Iceman: The famous frozen mummy
By Tom Garlinghouse, Jessica Leggett published
Reference Ötzi the Iceman, a 5,300-year-old man whose mummified remains were dug out of an Italian glacier in the Alps, has fascinated the public since his discovery in 1991.
![One of the Tarim mummies buried at the Xiaohe cemetery. New research shows they were descended from indigenous people and not from Indo-European migrants to the region, as previously thought.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nBtgDTdDKUFUtJ4FsFnUGC-320-80.jpg)
Bronze Age Tarim mummies aren't who scientists thought they were
By Tom Metcalfe published
![Forensic reconstruction of the mummies JK2911, JK2134 and JK2888.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Mux5NdGmzyJxtZkGUZTUiB-320-80.jpg)
3 Egyptian mummy faces revealed in stunning reconstruction
By Mindy Weisberger published
Using genetic data, a forensic artist rebuilt the faces of three ancient Egyptian mummies, revealing each individual's likely appearance as a 25-year-old.
![The remains of Marcus Venerius Secundio were preserved in a sealed chamber in a Pompeii cemetery. Though the body is nearly 2,000 years old, close-cropped hair and an ear are still visible on the skull.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8KwKKZz8xPxYcbiyqabUBY-320-80.jpg)
Stunningly preserved mummy of slave found in Pompeii graveyard
By Stephanie Pappas published
The partially mummified remains of an urbane Pompeii resident have been discovered in a tomb outside the city center.
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