Mummies of the world are some of the most powerful images of ancient history. Practiced by some cultures even today, the act of wrapping a body in bandages is best-known thanks to the Egyptians. But other cultures have their own take on this morbid yet …

The mummies of ancient Egypt are arguably the most famous mummies in the world. They are not, however, the oldest. The Chinchorros of South America began preserving their dead about 7,000 years ago and their mummies have become one of the wonders of Andean …

Ancient Greek Girl Buried With A Crown of Ceramic Flowers, Patras, 300-400 BC, from Museum of Patras, September 5, 2013//Credit: Wikimedia Commons-Fred Martin Kaaby-CC-BY-SA-3.0 The skull of an Ancient Greek girl with a ceramic flower wreath has been …

In 𝚊 𝚋iz𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚎 𝚊n𝚍 cl𝚊n𝚍𝚎stin𝚎 inci𝚍𝚎nt th𝚊t t𝚘𝚘k 𝚙l𝚊c𝚎 in M𝚎xic𝚘 in 1902, 𝚊 𝚍isc𝚘v𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚊li𝚎n m𝚞mmi𝚎s s𝚎nt sh𝚘ckw𝚊v𝚎s th𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐h th𝚎 sci𝚎nti𝚏ic c𝚘mm𝚞nit𝚢 𝚊n𝚍 th𝚎 𝚙𝚞𝚋lic. Ast𝚘nishin𝚐l𝚢, 𝚎vi𝚍𝚎nc𝚎 s𝚞𝚐𝚐𝚎sts th𝚊t th𝚎 𝚐𝚘v𝚎𝚛nm𝚎nt m𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚎𝚏𝚏𝚘𝚛ts t𝚘 c𝚘nc𝚎𝚊l th𝚎s𝚎 𝚘th𝚎𝚛w𝚘𝚛l𝚍l𝚢 …