Iron Age "bog person" preserved for over 2,300 years.

Structure built from the skulls of vanquished foes.

The metal frame is all that's left of a wicker sculpture which once towered over the M5 motorway.

Buddhist monk remarkably preserved because he started the mummification process while still living.

"The Most Wonderful Wonder that ever appeared to the Wonder of the British Nation."

The best place to send your postcards home from Antarctica.

Burial mound for the ears and noses of thousands of mutilated Korean soldiers.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

Self-mummified monk who wears sunglasses and has become a gecko hatchery.

Ancient burial grounds of the wealthy.

Morocco's largest Jewish cemetery.

Remarkably preserved body discovered in a peat bog.

One of the world's largest ancient burial mounds.

Thousands of bats stream out of caves every night on the edge on Thailand's second largest park.

Smoked mummies housed in mountainside caves.

Stone shrouds of Prince Liu Sheng and Princess Dou Wan of the Han Dynasty, created to preserve their flesh for eternity.

Memorial to the lost dead of Gdansk, whose resting places were destroyed during World War II.

Eighteen mummies have stood guard behind the altar of this tiny church since 1833.

Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

Collection dedicated to funeral rites, equipment, and mourning rituals of the Viennese.

Underwater art project will double as a massive artificial coral reef to help regenerate the damaged ecosystem.

The remains of the first saint from Alaska in the Russian Orthodox Church.

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.