Nazca, Peru
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Nazca pilgrimage site covering 370 acres is a popular stop for archeologists and looters.
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Nazca, Peru
Nazca pilgrimage site covering 370 acres is a popular stop for archeologists and looters.
Vejle, Denmark
When this Iron Age bog body was discovered in 1835, it was thought that she had died recently.
Long Beach, Washington
Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.
Palermo, Italy
Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.
Prague, Czechia
A collection of anatomical samples from one of the first anthropologists to suggest that humans reached North America by crossing the Bering Strait.
Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
An honorary saint of the people, Maria Adelaide became an incorrupt corpse, the clothes intact, exhaling “a strong scent of roses.”
Paris, France
A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.
Gommern, Germany
The resting place of 18th century German mummies.
Lucas, Kansas
Self-built house and sculpture park where the creator can still be seen in a glass coffin.
Centerport, New York
An eccentric playboy's astounding natural history collection.
Caracas, Venezuela
Ruins of the laboratory where a mysterious doctor invented an embalming fluid and stored his mummies.
Bologna, Italy
The mummified relic of St. Catherine sits forever on a golden throne.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.
Hanoi, Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh's perfectly preserved body has been on display here since 1975.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The body of St. John Neumann and his collection of hundreds of relics, on display in a Philly church.
Budapest, Hungary
The mummified right fist of a 1,000-year-old saint-king sits inside an ornate golden reliquary.
London, England
A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.
Beirut, Lebanon
Mummies preserved naturally for seven centuries.
Silkeborg, Denmark
Iron Age "bog person" preserved for over 2,300 years.
Gue, India
Buddhist monk remarkably preserved because he started the mummification process while still living.
Cheddar, England
Museum about life, death, and cannibalism in the Stone Age.
Ko Samui, Thailand
Self-mummified monk who wears sunglasses and has become a gecko hatchery.
Stonington, Connecticut
How did the right arm of a 13th-century English bishop wind up in a Connecticut church?
Fujinomiya, Japan
Reportedly 1,400 years old, this may be the first of the Fiji Mermaids.