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The Nazca mummies: myth and reality

The "Nazca mummies" were discovered in Peru in 2015 and, due to certain peculiarities (size, shape, three fingers on each ...
Researchers have conducted CT scans of their mummified remains, previously found high up on modern-day Peru’s Ampato and Sara ...
For decades, scientists have searched the skies for signs of extraterrestrial technology. A study from EPFL asks a sharp ...
La Doncella, the oldest of three Inca child mummies found near Llullaillaco around CE 1500. Credit: grooverpedro / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0 Archaeologists have uncovered the first clear case of ...
It has long been known that the Sahara Desert, today one of the driest and most inhospitable regions in the world, was quite the opposite thousands of years ago. Around 14,800 to 5,500 years ago, ...
USC radiologists unraveled some of ancient history’s mysteries recently when they conducted full-body CT scans of two Egyptian mummies whose bodies have been preserved for more than 2,200 years. Keck ...
Peru’s Ministry of Energy and Mines announced it will invest $7.6 billion to expand and improve mining operations that extract zinc, lead, tin, silver, copper and gold. Many of the minerals found in ...
NEW YORK — Scientists have uncovered the mummified remains of cheetahs from caves in northern Saudi Arabia. The remains range from 130 years old to over 1,800 years old. Researchers excavated seven ...