A pre-Inca mummy unearthed in Peru’s Puente Piedra district reveals details about a young woman’s life and ancient Chancay ...

The mummy found would have belonged to a society of fishermen of the Chancay culture, which flourished between 1,000 and ...

That, says Whitney Johnson, director of visuals and immersive experiences, is the kind of effort that makes for a standout National Geographic photo ... in what is now Peru.

Find your inner National Geographic Explorer in these photos. Lucia Sicos Mamani ... For some years now, the Amazonian area of Madre de Dios in Peru has been impacted by legal, illegal, and ...

If so, they might add one more mummy to his intriguingly interwoven family ties. More than a century of excavations in and around Egypt’s Valley of the Kings has revealed 64 tombs and other ...

Researchers are using lasers to uncover highly intricate designs of ancient tattoos on the mummies ... August 2024 photo provided by researchers shows a mummified human from Peru's Chancay culture.

(photo credit ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences used a new laser illumination technique to reveal fine-line tattoos on 1,200-year-old mummies from Peru’s Chancay culture ...

National Geographic spotlighted its Pictures of the Year in its December 2024 issue. The photos include captivating images of animals, nature, scientific innovation, and landscapes. Photo editors ...

The incredibly preserved mummified body of a teenage girl ritualistically killed an estimated 500 years ago goes by many names in modern culture: Inca Maiden, La Doncella, and Llullaillaco Maiden ...

Their empire stretched from Ecuador all the way to Chile Only 40000 strong they ruled ten million subjects and created one of historys greatest civilizations But with one quick blow the Spanish ...

(See National Geographic's pictures of bog bodies ... (Watch a National Geographic Channel video about bog mummies.) Tollund Man, for instance, was found with a belt but no clothes.