Tag: mummy

Researchers claim tiny Atacama skeleton was girl with bone disease

CHILE: The discovery of a tiny, mummified skeleton with an alien-like head, tucked into a leather pouch found behind a church in the Atacama...

World’s earliest tattoos discovered on Egyptian mummies

LONDON: Researchers have discovered the oldest figurative tattoos in the world on the upper arms of two ancient Egyptian mummies, the British Museum said. A...

New mummy, artefacts discovered from tombs in ancient Luxor

LUXOR: Egypt’s authorities revealed artefacts and a linen-wrapped mummified body, possibly that of a top official from two tombs that were discovered two decades...

Egypt announces discovery of 3,500-year-old Luxor tomb

Egypt has announced the discovery of a pharaonic tomb in the southern city of Luxor belonging to a royal goldsmith who lived more than...