Højbjerg, Denmark
Grauballe Man
Preserved "bog person" that is over 2,000 years old.
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Højbjerg, Denmark
Preserved "bog person" that is over 2,000 years old.
San Diego, California
Lemon Grove, California is known for its giant lemon...and mummified bodies.
Qesm Al Wahat Ad Dakhlah, Egypt
The forgotten mummies of Dakhla oasis.
Dublin, Ireland
This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.
Seattle, Washington
A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.
Chihuahua, Mexico
This 80-year old mannequin is so lifelike it is believed to be an embalmed corpse.
Schleswig, Germany
Ample proof that watery ends make for well-preserved, millenia-old mummies.
Mexico City, Mexico
Twelve natural mummies are displayed in the crypt of this former monastery school.
San Diego, California
An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.
Guthrie, Oklahoma
Home to the story of the outlaw turned funhouse mummy, Elmer McCurdy.
Batac, Philippines
The late, disgraced President's embalmed remains displayed for all to see… theoretically.
Nazca, Peru
Plundered and left asunder by grave robbers, this ancient necropolis has been painstakingly pieced back together.
Rapa, Poland
A peculiar family mausoleum built by a German nobleman captivated by the occult.
Monopoli, Italy
Macabre symbols of death and mummies on display set the tone of this Italian purgatory church.
Maidstone, England
This 2,700-year-old woman is the jewel of the Maidstone Museum's Egyptian collection.
San Bernardo, Colombia
No one knows for sure why this town's dead refuse to rot.
Leymebamba, Peru
Hundreds of mummies in a silent room, some with eerily pained expressions preserved on their faces.
Madrid, Spain
This embalmed man is one of the best preserved mummies from the Canary Islands.
Guano, Ecuador
A mummified Spanish monk found in the walls of an Ecuadorian church, alongside a mummified mouse.
Wulumuqi Shi, China
These excavated burials from the Tarim Basin are wrapped in mystery.
Naples, Italy
The burial place of an obscure North African saint was turned into a macabre body preservation factory for the 17th-century Neapolitan elite.
Leggiuno, Italy
This monastery built into a cliff hides a perfectly preserved hermit in a glass coffin.
Encarnación de Díaz, Mexico
An impressive if morbid collection of mummified remains from different eras of the region's history.
Teruel, Spain
These magnificently sculpted tombs represent Spain's own legendary version of "Romeo and Juliet."