The world's oldest mummies are buried in modern-day northern Chile. They've endured the last 7,000 years remarkably well. They've remained well-preserved — until recently, when some of the ...

In the late 1980's, perfectly preserved 3000-year-old mummies began appearing in a remote Chinese desert. They had long reddish-blond hair, European features and didn't appear to be the ancestors ...

What is it about mummies that fascinate so many people? "Mummies seem to have an intrigue," says James Delay. They are "visitors from the past if you will. ... They carry a mystery." He should know.

The 111 mummies of Guanajuato, Mexico, have faces frozen in eternal screams. Their eerie expressions make it look like these ...

The “Mummies of the World” made its world premiere at the California Science Center and is the largest collection of mummies and related artifacts ever assembled. Along with the mummies ...

Here Come the Mummies has nine albums including the group’s 2013 release The Intersection show will certainly wipe away any winter blahs and get you ready for St. Patrick’s Day all at once.

As gruesome as they are to look at today, mummies were once animated individuals. It can be hard to keep that point in mind, however, when staring down at a shriveled, two-millennia-old corpse.

Nearly half of those buried in the town’s cemetery vaults turn into mummies after five or six years, say priests and cemetery workers—leaving desiccated bodies with well-preserved facial ...

Takuda said three of the mummies were covered in textiles and the other two are skeletons — and their skulls still had hair on them. "What we see here is that the whole area where we are now was ...

The exhibition is set to open next Saturday, just in time for Father’s Day. It is composed of mummies from Europe, South America and Ancient Egypt, with some dating back more than 4,500 years. ...