Last week (March 22), researchers reported the sequenced genome of a mummified fetus found in 2003 near Chile’s Atacama desert in Genome Research. Now, some Chilean scientists are condemning the study ...

Dead for 500 years, this Inca sacrificial mummy found on Chile's El Plomo Peak has opened the door to further inquiry into the strange and mysterious ritual life of the Inca. There may be hundreds ...

The answer is not Egypt. The Chinchorro people created the first mummies in the world along the coast of what is today northern Chile. In 2021, UNESCO listed the mummies and the Chinchorro ...

While the ancient Egyptians may be the best-known mummy makers, they were far from ... who lived on the north coast of what is now Chile, were embalming their dead as early as 5000 B.C. Chinchoros ...