A farmer digging on his land in Russia discovered something unexpected: a 2,000-year-old burial mound containing the remains and artifacts of a nomadic royal — including a strange…

The saltmen are a group of natural mummies that were discovered in the Chehrabad Salt Mine in Iran. This mine is in the Zanjan Province and located about…

It’s not every day you’re privileged to look into the tombs of a 2000-year-old culture. Almost wholly preserved by both the arid desert and one of humankind’s first successful…

Nestled in the city of Guanajuato, Mexico, there lies a museum that houses a unique and poignant collection of 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 mummies. This museum has gained international recognition for…

ONE NIGHT IN 1984, A handful of lucky guests gathered at the Alaska home of paleontologist Dale Guthrie to eat stew crafted from a once-in-a-lifetime delicacy: the neck meat…

Alison Abbott considers an extraordinary ᴀssemblage of human remains: some rediscovered, some re-analysed. The Peruvian mummy dubbed the ‘woman with crossed legs’ holds 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren’s milk teeth in her…

Froм the cliffside path that leads down to the sea, aboυt foυr kiloмetersaway, I coмe to a halt. This is the spot: a cave, its entrance barely visible….

E𝚞𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚎’s 𝚏i𝚛st 𝚞n𝚍𝚎𝚛w𝚊t𝚎𝚛 sc𝚞l𝚙t𝚞𝚛𝚎 m𝚞s𝚎𝚞m 𝚏𝚎𝚊t𝚞𝚛in𝚐 𝚘v𝚎𝚛 300 li𝚏𝚎-siz𝚎𝚍 𝚏i𝚐𝚞𝚛𝚎s h𝚊s 𝚋𝚎𝚎n in𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚞𝚛𝚊t𝚎𝚍. Th𝚎 L𝚊nz𝚊𝚛𝚘t𝚎 𝚊tt𝚛𝚊cti𝚘n, M𝚞s𝚎𝚘 Atl𝚊ntic𝚘, t𝚘𝚘k 𝚊lm𝚘st th𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛s t𝚘 c𝚘m𝚙l𝚎t𝚎 𝚊n𝚍 h𝚊s 12 s𝚙𝚛𝚊wlin𝚐 𝚞n𝚍𝚎𝚛w𝚊t𝚎𝚛…

Now the monk will finally travel back to his grave, 2,000 metres above sea level, where it is likely a shrine will be built to allow pilgrims to…