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Mysterious mummies found in Chinese desert have an unexpected origin linked to Siberia and the Americas
7,000-year-old Chinchorro mummies are the world’s oldest
Archaeologists now believe that 8,000-year-old human skeletons from Portugal are the world’s oldest mummies
According to research based on historical photographs, the bones may have been preserved millennia before the otherwise oldest-known mummies. According to new research, a group of 8,000-year-old human remains discovered…
Strange mummies of Venzone: Ancient bodies that never decompose remain an unsolved mystery
Italy is famous for many things, but did you know it’s also famous for mummies? The Venzone mummies are a collection of over forty mummies found in Venzone, Italy in…
The origins of ancient Aryan mummies and the mysterious pyramids of China
Mummies with golden tongues discovered in ancient Egyptian necropolis
An Egyptian archaeological mission has discovered several burials containing mummies with golden tongues in the ancient necropolis of Quesna, an archaeological site belonging to the Governorate of Menufia, north of…
Makhunik: 5,000-year-old city of dwarfs who hoped to return one day
The tale of Makhunik makes one think of “Liliput City (Court of Lilliput)” from Jonathan Swift’s well-known book Gulliver’s Travels, or even the Hobbit-inhabited planet from J. R. R. Tolkien’s…