This woman from the Chinese aristocracy belonged to the Western Han dynasty and is currently considered the best-preserved ancient ... from its confinement, the mummy was damaged, as the oxygen ...

Named "Juanita," she is the best-preserved Incan mummy ever discovered. With long black hair, a graceful neck, and well-muscled arms, Juanita was found wrapped in a cocoon of fine textiles and ...

At least 500 years old, the Inca maiden found at the top of the Andes is so well-preserved that visitors find themselves whispering, for fear of waking her A Rare Look at Tucker Cars Sebastian ...

Egyptians: the masters of mummification Ancient Egyptians are perhaps the best known mummy-makers—though initially, it was their climate, not their skill, that preserved their dead. Arid desert ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Two 7,000-year-old mummies from the Takarkori rock shelter in the Sahara have been found to be from a ...

According to Melinda Zeder, curator of Old World archaeology, the Cox mummy is “our best preserved and most richly decorated [specimen]. Though he clearly wasn’t a nobleman, he was very likely ...

Archaeologist Dr Johan Reinhard, part of the research team, referred to the discovery as "the best preserved of any mummy I've seen." Recalling the excavation in the Smithsonian Channel ...

The rescued mummy won’t be alone in its new museum residence, either. The institution is already home to a sizable collection of well-preserved mummies, including the “Sister Mummy” found in ...

POLICE have uncovered a creepy well-preserved mummy hidden in an alleged smuggler's house after a shock raid. The mummy is thought to be that of a Christian person from the Middle Ages.