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Earliest evidence of smoke-dried mummification: More than 10,000 years ago in southern China and Southeast Asia

This finding documents smoke-dried mummification of the dead, mostly in tightly bound crouched postures, from archaeological contexts between 12,000 and 4,000 y old across a vast region encompassing Southeast Asia,

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Smoke-dried mummies — more than 10,000 years old — unearthed in southeast Asia

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Smoke-dried human remains found in Asia may be world's oldest known mummies, researchers say

These Aren’t Your Pharoah’s Mummies

“Everybody Loves Raymond” stars Ray Romano and Brad Garrett reunited on the Emmys stage for a hilariously depressing bit ...

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12,000-Year-Old Mummies Reveal Evidence Of Human Mummification

Smoke-drying mummification of human remains was practised by hunter-gatherers across southern China, southeast Asia and ...

Artnet

New Excavations at Egypt’s Saqqara Necropolis Have Unearthed Mummification Workshops, Including One for Pets

Ongoing excavations at Egypt’s Saqqara necropolis, south of Cairo, have unearthed two mummification workshops and the tombs of two significant priests. The site’s latest treasures, which Egypt’s ...

Oldest Human Mummies Discovered, And They're Not What We Expected

That's several thousands of years older than the cultures best known for mummification, the Chinchorro people of Chile, who ...

The Washington Post

Eau de eternity: Scientists re-create the scent of ancient mummies

What did mummies smell like? Better than you might expect, recent research published in the journal Scientific Reports suggests. Researchers have re-created a scent used in the mummification of an ...

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