In a recent study published in the Cambridge Archaeological Journal, Dr. Bernardo Arriaza argues that the practice of ...

The Chinchorro people, who inhabited the coastal regions of what is now northern Chile and southern Peru beginning around 7000 BC, developed the earliest known artificial mummification techniques - ...

Mummification can happen in all sorts of ways. It can be slow and steady, or as rapid as a matter of days. It can result in ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

The oldest evidence of mummification has been discovered in Vietnam, in the form of a single 14,000-year-old mummified arm. Unlike the Egyptian mummification practice more familiar to modern Western ...

Hunter-gatherers in parts of ancient Asia prepared their dead for burial with smoke-drying up to 14,000 years ago, resulting in the oldest known evidence of human mummification, according to a new ...

Scientists found a mummy's abdomen filled with wood and fabric—but it's how they got in there that's strange. Reading time 2 minutes When you hear the word mummy, chances are you think of ancient ...

Tightly packed human remains in odd positions were likely smoked and mummified in ancient southeast Asia. Hung, et al (2025) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences As the spooky season ...