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The tombs.
Teruel, Spain

The Two Lovers of Teruel

These magnificently sculpted tombs represent Spain's own legendary version of "Romeo and Juliet."
Manuel M. Villada Museum of Natural History.
Toluca, Mexico

Manuel M. Villada Museum of Natural History

The mummies of a fake priest and bandit's wife are among the abundant curiosities at this museum.
The 19th-century mummified remains of an unknown woman.
Encarnación de Díaz, Mexico

Mummies of Museo de las Animas

An impressive if morbid collection of mummified remains from different eras of the region's history.
Entrance to Colossal Cave.
Vail, Arizona

Colossal Cave

Legend says train robbers stashed their gold within the depths of this unusual cave.
The two mummies at the Albany Institute of History and Art.
Albany, New York

The Mummy Ankhefenmut

A CT scan revealed the identity of this 3,000-year-old mummy that everyone erroneously thought was female.
Oh, the things that hit our earholes.
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Overheard at Atlas Obscura in 2018

From bioluminescent fungus to random bone houses, here's what we talk about at the office.
Ella Morton December 27, 2018
The King Userkaf complex held dozens of mummified cats.
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Mummifying a Beetle Is a Lot Easier Than Mummifying a Cat

Not all animal mummies were created equal.
Jessica Leigh Hester November 29, 2018
Santa Caterina del Sasso
Leggiuno, Italy

Santa Caterina del Sasso

This monastery built into a cliff hides a perfectly preserved hermit in a glass coffin.
Gastro Obscura

Tinder Fungus

One of the earliest fire-starting “technologies.”
"The Beauty of Loulan."
Wulumuqi Shi, China

Tarim Mummies

These excavated burials from the Tarim Basin are wrapped in mystery.
This fragment of a mummy mask from the Egyptian Museum in Turin shows a mummification scene, dating to between 332 B.C. and 30 B.C. New research suggests that deliberate mummification rituals date back thousands of years further.
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Found: A Mummification Recipe From Prehistoric Egypt

New research shows ancient embalmers were using resins and gums far earlier than we thought.
Jessica Leigh Hester August 16, 2018
Skulls of nobles and the clergy were placed in niches in the walls, and their bodies painted around them.
Naples, Italy

Catacombs of Saint Gaudiosus

The burial place of an obscure North African saint was turned into a macabre body preservation factory for the 17th-century Neapolitan elite.
Cemetery of the Poor Clares
Ischia, Italy

Poor Clares Convent Cemetery

Deceased nuns were placed on stone chairs to decompose, while the surviving nuns prayed near the lifeless bodies.
The mummified monkey in question.
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Found: A Mummified Monkey in the Ceiling of a Department Store

Thanks to the sleuths in a Facebook group, we may even know how it got there.
Cara Giaimo April 13, 2018
Mer-Neith-it-es being CT scanned.
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Found: A 2,500-Year-Old Mummy in a Seemingly Empty Coffin

Surprise!
Christina Ayele Djossa March 28, 2018
Mausoleum of Mao Zedong.
Beijing, China

Chairman Mao Memorial Hall

The embalmed remains of the communist leader lie within a custom crystal coffin.
Tattoos on the Predynastic male mummy from Gebelein.
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Decoding the Tattoos of Ancient Egyptians

Here's what the shapes and symbols on that mummy's arm mean.
John and Colleen Darnell March 9, 2018
Lido, Italy

San Lazzaro degli Armeni

Originally a leper colony, the island is now an Armenian monastery that's home to an incredible manuscript library and eclectic museum.