Read more about the article 800-Year-Old Mummy Found In Food Biker’s Bag
Picture shows the pre-Hispanic mummified adult male body, in Puno, Peru, undated. It's between 600 and 800 years old and was found in the thermal bag of a delivery man, who was trying to show it to his friends. (Ministerio de Cultura/Newsflash)

800-Year-Old Mummy Found In Food Biker’s Bag

Astonished police have confiscated an 800-year-old mummy found in the thermal delivery bag of a Just Eat-style biker. The ancient remains were discovered during a routine search of young people…

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Read more about the article Boffins Say Japanese Temple Mummy Of Mermaid That People Worshipped During Pandemic Is Fake
Picture shows the mummified body of an alleged ningyo that was stored at Enjuin Temple, in Asakuchi, Japan, undated. Scientists completed an investigation to determine the true identity of the artefact and it was determined to not be a mermaid. (Newsflash)

Boffins Say Japanese Temple Mummy Of Mermaid That People Worshipped During Pandemic Is Fake

Experts in Japan have said that what was long thought to be a mummified mermaid is in fact fake after studying it for a year. The "Mermaid Mummy" is owned…

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Read more about the article 5,300-Year-Old Ice Mummy Died In Spring And Not Autumn As Previously Believed
Image shows the investigation of Otzi in South Tyrol, Austria, undated photo. The South Tyrolean Museum of Archeology is the exhibition venue of the "Man from the Tisenjoch". (South Tyrol Museum of Archeology, EURAC, Samadelli, Staschitz/Newsflash)

5,300-Year-Old Ice Mummy Died In Spring And Not Autumn As Previously Believed

New research has suggested that Otzi the 5,300-year-old prehistoric iceman did not die in autumn before being preserved under winter snow, and instead had died in early spring on a…

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Read more about the article Egyptian Mummy’s Decapitated Head Found In An Attic Reveals Its Secrets Through CT Analysis
A decapitated Egyptian mummy's head discovered in an attic in Kent has undergone a state-of-the-art CT scan to try and uncover its secrets.(Simon Galloway SWNS/Newsflash)

Egyptian Mummy’s Decapitated Head Found In An Attic Reveals Its Secrets Through CT Analysis

A decapitated Egyptian mummy's head discovered in an attic in Kent, in the United Kingdom, has undergone a state-of-the-art CT scan to try and uncover its secrets. The head, which…

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Read more about the article Oldest Known E. Coli Sample Dating Back To 16th Century Extracted From Italian Mummy
Researchers reconstruct the genome of E. coli, using fragments from gallstone of 16th century mummy. (Division of Paleopathology of the University of Pisa/Newsflash)

Oldest Known E. Coli Sample Dating Back To 16th Century Extracted From Italian Mummy

The oldest known sample of an E. coli bacteria has been extracted from a 16th-century Italian mummy by an international team of researchers. Modern E. coli bacteria is often found…

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Read more about the article Archaeologists Discover Astonishingly Well Preserved 2,000 Year Old Mummy With Hair On Its Head In Ancient Pompeii
The skull of a mummy found in a tomb outside of city of Pompei, Italy, who was a man called Marcus Venerius Secundio, a resident of the ancient Pompeii.

Archaeologists Discover Astonishingly Well Preserved 2,000 Year Old Mummy With Hair On Its Head In Ancient Pompeii

This incredibly well-preserved 2,000-year-old body of a resident of Pompeii was found with hair still on the man's skull and part of his ear intact, leading archaeologists to describe it…

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