Ancient mummies of children unearthed in Peru. They were likely sacrificed for a nobleman, archaeologists say.
Six mummified children thought to have been sacrificed hundreds of years ago, apparently to accompany a dead nobleman to the afterlife, have been unearthed in a tomb near…
Revealed: the secrets of a 5,500-year-old mummy murder mystery
A 5,500-year-old mystery murder could be one step closer to being solved after forensic experts found Ginger, the Egyptian mummy housed at the British Museum, was a young…
Meet the Fantastically Bejeweled Skeletons of Catholicism’s Forgotten Martyrs
Art historian and author Paul Koudounaris elucidates the macabre splendor and tragic history of Europe’s catacomb saints Saint Coronatus joined a convent in Heiligkreuztal, Germany, in 1676 Shaylyn…
Unmasked: The real faces of the crippled King Tutankhamun (who walked with a cane) and his incestuous parents
King Tutankhamun was a hobbled, weak teenager with a cleft palate and club foot. And he probably has his parents to blame. For the mother and father of…
Billie Eilish on why she’s ‘conflicted’ about sharing details of her life
She opened up on life in the spotlight in a new interview for i-D magazine. Billie Eilish is opening up on feeling “conflicted” about sharing too much of…
Screws in a 2,600-year-old mummy surprised scientists
In 1971, the Rosicrucian Museum in California received a sealed ancient Egyptian sarcophagus, which contained a very well-preserved mummy from ancient Egypt. Two decades later, a team of…
Police in Peru seize an 800-year-old mummified HUMAN from a former delivery man who claimed it was his ‘girlfriend’ and even slept with it in his BED
Police in Peru have seized a mummified human between 600 and 800 years old from the portable cool bag of a man who claimed it was his ‘girlfriend’….
Humanoid mummies suspected to be aliens
With research information from two humanoid mummies, including X-rays, 3D reconstruction and DNA analysis, researchers believe that they are not human, nor part of them. of evolution on…
“Screaming mummy” causes curiosity in Egyptian tombs
The mummy’s contorted face showing its horror prompted Egyptologists to search for the identity of the dead for many years. In 1881, archaeologists discovered 40 mummies in a…
The Haunting and Horrific Mummy Museum of Guanajuato
The surprisingly popular Museo de las Momias is filled with naturally preserved corpses, dried out and twisted into gruesome positions. Their wide-open mouths are enough to make visitors…