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Ancient Egyptian mummy forgotten in storage turns out to be sacred bird often sacrificed to ThothScientists have uncovered the mystery of a 1,500-year-old bird mummy that was mislabeled.
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World's oldest mummy found in PortugalPhotographs on undeveloped film of archaeological excavations in Portugal 60 years ago have revealed 8,000-year-old signs of mummification — the earliest evidence found anywhere in the world.
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Haunting 'mermaid' mummy in Japan is probably a gruesome monkey-fish mixResearchers in Japan have begun a new study into a 300-year-old "mermaid mummy" to determine the exact origins of the gruesome remains.
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Remains of ancient child sacrifice victims found near 1,000-year-old mummy in PeruArchaeologists have found 20 additional mummies near a previously discovered mummified man in Peru.
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Fetus inside Egyptian mummy was 'pickled like an egg,' researchers sayResearchers studying the fetus found inside a pregnant Egyptian mummy claim the developing baby was "pickled like an egg," but some scientists disagree.
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30 mummies discovered inside an ancient fire-scorched sacrificial structureHidden within a fire-scorched structure near the Nile River in Aswan, Egypt, archaeologists discovered the entrance to a 2,000-year-old family tomb.
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Child mummies in Sicily's Capuchin Catacombs to be X-rayedVery little is known about the identities of these child mummies.
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1,000-year-old mummy in fetal position found in underground tomb in PeruArchaeologists have unearthed a mummy lying in a fetal position and bound by rope in Cajamarquilla, Peru.
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Mummy of famous Egyptian pharaoh digitally unwrapped for first time in 3,000 yearsSome 3,000 years after the burial of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep, a team of researchers used CT scans to digitally unwrap his body for the first time.
