Later, radiocarbon dating determined that the "Iceman" died sometime between 3350 and 3300 B.C.—making him the oldest well-preserved mummy in the world. In 1972, hunters found some of the best ...

Nesyamun is very important as the only Mummy to have been dated to this period ... Nesyamun's place in our history of the world is as someone who has passed through it, but who continues to ...

Another way to create a mummy is to bury it in soil containing chemicals that kill bacteria and fungi. Some of the world's best known mummies were created accidentally, when a body's final resting ...