Inside Hidden Mountain Tribe Where Villagers Mummify D.e.a.d Relatives Using Smoke To Keep Bodies For Hundreds Of Years
History and ArcheoloryThe hidden mountain tribe in Papua where villagers mummified their ancestors with SMOKE and have kept their remains in a nearly perfect state for hundreds of years Extraordinary photos have emerged showing a tribe chief holding the perfectly mummified remains of one of his ancestors in a remote Indonesian village. Dani tribe chief Eli Mabel…
Mummies of Museo Leymebamba: Hundreds Of Mummies With Eerily Pained On Their Faces.
History and ArcheoloryHundreds of mummies in a silent room, some with eerily pained expressions preserved on their faces. IN A CLIMATE-CONTROLLED ROOM IN Leymebamba, Peru, sit more than 200 mummies, some staring right at you with disturbingly well-preserved expressions of fear and agony. Some unnerving faces in Leymebamba Museum The Museo Leymebamba (Leymebamba Museum) was inaugurated in…
The Mummies of Chauchilla Cemetery in Peru
History and ArcheoloryPlundered and left asunder by grave robbers, this ancient necropolis has been painstakingly pieced back together. Scattered among the many full-bodied mummies at Chauchilla Cemetery are a number of mummified heads. Many of the heads have been specially prepared with holes drilled into the backs of their skulls, and in some cases, rope has been…
Chinchorro: The South American Civilization That Mumfied D.e.a.d Before The Egyptians
History and ArcheoloryThe discoveries about the Chinchorro people are so impressive that UNESCO has included the mummies on the World Heritage List. When it comes to the topic of “ancient mummies”, most people’s first reaction is to remember the great pharaohs of Egypt, buried in their sumptuous pyramids. But what if we say that the oldest are…
Capuchin Monastery Catacombs With Thousands Of Well-Dressed Mummies.
History and ArcheoloryIN SICILY, WHERE THE RELATIONSHIP between the living and the dead has always been strong, the city of Palermo hosts one of the world’s more bizarre and morbid tourist attractions. Through the doors of the Capuchin Monastery, which looks like any other building from the outside, visitors can descend into the large Capuchin catacombs. Pinned…
Ancient Egypt: A Decorated Tomb And Anthropomorphic Coffins With Mummies
History and ArcheoloryThe ceiling of the tomb is magnificently decorated with scenes from the deceased family, including the wife Kharousekhmet-Nefret, the singer of the god Amun-Ra; anthropomorphic coffins contain mummies inside Mummified skeletons found inside a tomb at the Asasif necropolis, on the west bank of the Nile at Thebes, present-day Luxor. The Middle Kingdom tomb of…
Unknown Mass Grave Under French Monoprix Supermarket Found With Over 200 Skeletons
History and ArcheoloryMore than 200 skeletons have been discovered in a mass grave under a supermarket in Paris, France. The remains were found when a Monoprix on Rue Sebastopol’s basement was being renovated. However, archaeologists do not know why the remains were buried there or how they perished. It also notes that the supermarket is located on…
Ruins of Ramses II Temple Unearthed in Giza’s Abusir
History and ArcheoloryAn Egyptian-Czech archaeological mission has unearthed the ruins of a King Ramses II temple during excavation works taking place in the Abusir necropolis in the governorate of Giza. Ramses II was one of the most powerful and celebrated Egyptian kings and was revered as a god in his own lifetime. The absence of evidence of…
Egypt unveils 2,500-year-old mummy at forgotten cemetery
History and ArcheoloryEgypt unveiled a high priest’s 2,500-year – old mummy at an ancient southern cemetery in Cairo. Egyptologist Zahi Hawass and a team from Egypt opened three 26th Dynasty sealed sarcophagi. One contained the well-preserved mummy of a powerful priest, wrapped in linen and decorated with a golden figure depicting Isis, an ancient Egyptian goddess. (FILES)…
Ancient Animal Burials in Egypt Were Monkeys Imported as Pets from India
History and ArcheoloryRemains of monkey ʙᴜʀɪᴀʟs in an ancient animal cemetery in the Red Sea port of Berenice in Egypt, were imported as pets from India 2000 years ago. In the first century AD, the Romans took control of Egypt, making the city an important trading hub. The ʙᴜʀɪᴀʟs were initially believed to originate from Northeast Africa,…