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Mummies

The Hull Mermaid

This mummified mermaid corpse is an aquatic curio that was eventually revealed to be a fake.

Path leading up to the Pyramid

Rapa Pyramid

A peculiar family mausoleum built by a German nobleman captivated by the occult.

Dorian Corey in a still from <em>Paris is Burning</em>.

A Famous Drag Queen, a Mummy in the Closet, and a Baffling Mystery

Sequined gowns weren't the only thing stashed in Dorian Corey's wardrobe.

Julianne Tveten November 10, 2016

Nazca culture mummies and skulls cemetry in Peru

Chauchilla Cemetery

Plundered and left asunder by grave robbers, this ancient necropolis has been painstakingly pieced back together.

Capuchin Catacombs in Palermo, Italy

The Wide, Strange World of Modern Mummification

It's not just Egypt that has embraced the practice.

Sarah Brumble October 8, 2016

The Monks Who Spent Years Turning Themselves into Mummies—While Alive

Japan's self-sacrificing sokushinbutsu were a very determined lot.

Davey Young October 4, 2016

The 3,800-Year-Old Mummy of a Middle Kingdom Noblewoman Has Been Found

Lady Sattjeni's family were elites on Elephantine, an Egyptian isle on the Nile.

Erik Shilling May 24, 2016

This Egyptian Coffin Held the Smallest Known Mummified Fetus

It's a very tiny coffin.

Erik Shilling May 11, 2016

Found: Two Secret Rooms in King Tut's Tomb

After new scans, researchers are 90 percent sure they're there.

Sarah Laskow March 17, 2016

Puppy Frozen for Millennia Emerges With Brain Mostly Intact

The puppy was found mummified in Siberia.

Erik Shilling March 16, 2016

Found: A Hungarian Mummy With the Gene for Colon Cancer

Humans were predisposed to the disease even before it became common.

Sarah Laskow March 1, 2016

Klatovy Catacombs

Klatovy, Czechia

Klatovy Catacomb Mummies

These 17th-century mummies are no longer naturally preserved, but remain on display today.

Victorian Party People Unrolled Mummies For Fun

Dimitra Nikolaidou February 23, 2016

The Complicated Technology Revealing the Secrets Behind Ancient Mummy Portraits

Urvija Banerji February 16, 2016

Relics of a mummified child

Munich, Germany

The Relics of Munich Residenz

This magnificent museum claims to house the cranium of a disciple and the skull of a pope.

Entering the Tuff Shed where the frozen corpse of Grandpa Bredo is kept

100 Wonders: A Visit with a Frozen Dead Guy

Dylan Thuras January 7, 2016

Sarcofagi of Carajía

Sarcofagi of Carajía

These giant mummies are set ominously into a Peruvian cliffside and topped with real human skulls.

The Carnegie Library portion of the museum

Guthrie, Oklahoma

Oklahoma Territorial Museum & The Carnegie Library

Home to the story of the outlaw turned funhouse mummy, Elmer McCurdy.