Tagged: mummies

Mummy murder mystery solved: Incan woman’s head smashed

A mysterious mummy that languished in German collections for more than a century is that of an Incan woman killed by blunt-force trauma to the head, new research reveals. A new analysis shows that the mummy was once an Incan woman who also suffered from...

Mummy murder mystery solved

Solving a centuries-old murder mystery, researchers say Egyptian king Ramesses III likely had his throat slit by conspirators in his harem. Moreover, the body of the pharaoh’s traitorous son, Prince Pentawere, may have finally been found. Scholars have long been puzzled about the death of...

Eight ancient painted mummies discovered in Egypt

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered eight limestone sarcophagi containing mummies at a site 25 miles south of Cairo. Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry said the mummies dating to the Late Period (664-332 B.C.) are covered with a layer of painted material called cartonnage in the form of...