Saint-Bonnet-le-Château, France
Collégiale de Saint-Bonnet-Le-Château
Natural mummies hidden in the crypt of a medieval French church.
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Saint-Bonnet-le-Château, France
Natural mummies hidden in the crypt of a medieval French church.
Dublin, Ireland
This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.
Lima, Peru
Now containing the bones of the actual conquistador, instead of someone else.
San Jose, California
An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.
Peru
These giant mummies are set ominously into a Peruvian cliffside and topped with real human skulls.
Mexico City, Mexico
Twelve natural mummies are displayed in the crypt of this former monastery school.
Raciborz, Poland
The biggest exposition of dental equipement in Europe. And a Mummy.
Wiuwert, Netherlands
A bizarre form of natural mummification was discovered in the church of this Frisian village.
Kabayan, Philippines
Smoked mummies housed in mountainside caves.
Ko Samui, Thailand
Self-mummified monk who wears sunglasses and has become a gecko hatchery.
Gue, India
Buddhist monk remarkably preserved because he started the mummification process while still living.
Vác, Hungary
Hungarian mummies in beautiful painted coffins.
Neustadt, Germany
The natural mummy of the less than chivalrous Knight Kahlbutz.
Klatovy, Czechia
These 17th-century mummies are no longer naturally preserved, but remain on display today.
San Diego, California
Lemon Grove, California is known for its giant lemon...and mummified bodies.
Philippi, West Virginia
Two insane asylum bodies embalmed by an amateur.
Nazca, Peru
Plundered and left asunder by grave robbers, this ancient necropolis has been painstakingly pieced back together.
Dublin, Ireland
An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.
Qesm Al Wahat Ad Dakhlah, Egypt
The forgotten mummies of Dakhla oasis.
Egypt
An alien landscape of chalk-rock in the Egyptian desert.
Luxor, Egypt
The city-sized home palace of one of ancient Egypt's most powerful rulers gives us a rare look into the lives of the epoch's rulers.
Goght, Armenia
This Armenian monastery was carved out of cliffs and named after the spear used to stab Jesus.
Areni, Armenia
This series of Armenian caves held the oldest brain, shoe, and winery in the world.
Yeghegnadzor, Armenia
Nestled in a peaceful valley, this Armenian monastery may have been saved from Mongols thanks to the eyes of God.