Arica, a port city in northern Chile ... which is home to some of the oldest mummies in the world, as per chile.travel. Foodies are also encouraged to try Azapa olive bread, a beloved local ...

that they put artificial faces on the mummies,” said archeologist Campos. “The masks had eyes, a nose and a mouth, possibly representing that they were still alive.” Today, in Arica ...

UNESCO listed the mummies and the Chinchorro settlement as a World Heritage site. Many of these remains are still out there, and are increasingly becoming uncovered by development and the elements.

Turkish authorities in the historic city of Niğde recently detained six people after finding an unusual possession in one of their homes: a medieval mummy allegedly destined for sale on the black ...

In 2019, while excavating the necropolis of Qubbet el Hawa, across the Nile from Aswan in southern Egypt, Belgian and Spanish archaeologists unearthed a trove of mummified crocodiles: five almost ...

They built folk groups to practice and perform. And they grew. Today, the Arica carnival is known as the fuerza del sol — the strength of the sun. It’s the largest carnival in Chile.

Replica of a Guanche mummy. (photo credit: Diego Delso is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.) Visitors to the National Archaeological Museum (MAN) in Madrid will no longer be able to admire the Guanche ...

Researchers call this a 'non-destructive' way to gather more information Mummies as an object of study, have attracted researchers and scientists for many decades now. It is fascinating as to how ...

Using a combination of high-tech tools like an electronic ‘nose’ and trained human sniffers, they studied nine mummies on display and in storage at Cairo's Egyptian Museum. The results ...

Displaying Egyptian mummies and other human remains in museums and universities should be banned as it may offend the 'wishes of the ancestors', MPs have claimed. The all-party Parliamentary Group ...