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DNA From Ötzi The Iceman Reveals He Had A 5,300-Year-Old Case Of Cancer-Causing HPVOtzi the iceman, frozen preserved mummy found in the aLps

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DNA From Ötzi The Iceman Reveals He Had A 5,300-Year-Old Case Of Cancer-Causing HPVOtzi the iceman, frozen preserved mummy found in the aLps
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DNA From Ötzi The Iceman Reveals He Had A 5,300-Year-Old Case Of Cancer-Causing HPV

clock-iconJanuary 23, 2026
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Ice Age Puppies Preserved In Permafrost For 14,000 Years Turn Out To Be WolvesThe Tumat Puppies were recently studied by researchers based in Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Russia, and Sweden

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Ice Age Puppies Preserved In Permafrost For 14,000 Years Turn Out To Be WolvesThe Tumat Puppies were recently studied by researchers based in Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Russia, and Sweden
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Ice Age Puppies, Preserved In Permafrost For 14,000 Years, Turn Out To Be Wolves

clock-iconJune 11, 2025
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Exceptionally Well-Preserved Austrian Mummy Was Embalmed With Previously Unknown MethodA photo of the mummified remains resting a in wooden box with a glass cover. The photo shows the upper body of the mummy with its head on display. The face has decayed down to the skull, demonstrating a rictus smile and empty eye sockets. The skin is light brown and leathery and the corpse is holding a small cross.

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Exceptionally Well-Preserved Austrian Mummy Was Embalmed With Previously Unknown MethodA photo of the mummified remains resting a in wooden box with a glass cover. The photo shows the upper body of the mummy with its head on display. The face has decayed down to the skull, demonstrating a rictus smile and empty eye sockets. The skin is light brown and leathery and the corpse is holding a small cross.
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Exceptionally Well-Preserved Austrian Mummy Was Embalmed With Previously Unknown Method

clock-iconMay 2, 2025
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We Finally Know Why This Nightmarish Mummy Has Been Screaming For 3,500 YearsScreaming woman mummmy

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We Finally Know Why This Nightmarish Mummy Has Been Screaming For 3,500 YearsScreaming woman mummmy
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We Finally Know Why This Nightmarish Mummy Has Been Screaming For 3,500 Years

clock-iconAugust 2, 2024
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Mummified Mice Found Atop Mountain Survived “Mars-Like” Conditions Thought Beyond MammalsThe leaf-eared mouse Phyllotis vaccarum appears to survive at improbably high altitudes in the Andes, although we've mostly found dead ones.

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Mummified Mice Found Atop Mountain Survived “Mars-Like” Conditions Thought Beyond MammalsThe leaf-eared mouse Phyllotis vaccarum appears to survive at improbably high altitudes in the Andes, although we've mostly found dead ones.
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Mummified Mice Found Atop Mountain Survived “Mars-Like” Conditions Thought Beyond Mammals

clock-iconOctober 23, 2023
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Long-Lost Egyptian Tomb Found With 4,400-Year-Old Mummy Insideeastern front view of the tomb

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Long-Lost Egyptian Tomb Found With 4,400-Year-Old Mummy Insideeastern front view of the tomb
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Long-Lost Egyptian Tomb Found With 4,400-Year-Old Mummy Inside

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Old Video From 2018 Seems To Show What The "Mummified Aliens" Really AreAn "alien mummy" which looks suspiciously like a stone E.T.

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Old Video From 2018 Seems To Show What The "Mummified Aliens" Really AreAn "alien mummy" which looks suspiciously like a stone E.T.
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Old Video From 2018 Seems To Show What The "Mummified Aliens" Really Are

clock-iconSeptember 26, 2023
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Ancient Man Who Died Of Constipation Had Been Eating Grasshoppers For MonthsThe view from a cave in the Lower Pecos Canyonlands of Texas, showing a large rock and vegetation.

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Ancient Man Who Died Of Constipation Had Been Eating Grasshoppers For MonthsThe view from a cave in the Lower Pecos Canyonlands of Texas, showing a large rock and vegetation.
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Ancient Man Who Died Of Constipation Had Been Eating Grasshoppers For Months

clock-iconSeptember 25, 2023
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Man Found Naturally Mummified Just 16 Days After Last Being Seen AliveNatural mummification

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Man Found Naturally Mummified Just 16 Days After Last Being Seen AliveNatural mummification
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Man Found Naturally Mummified Just 16 Days After Last Being Seen Alive

clock-iconSeptember 21, 2023
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100 Years After Its Discovery, We May Know What Killed This Bolivian MummyAndean mummy

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100 Years After Its Discovery, We May Know What Killed This Bolivian MummyAndean mummy
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100 Years After Its Discovery, We May Know What Killed This Bolivian Mummy

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Ötzi The Iceman Mummy Was Bald And Had Surprisingly Dark SkinOtzi the iceman, The Tyrolean Iceman is known as one of the oldest human glacier mummies

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Ötzi The Iceman Mummy Was Bald And Had Surprisingly Dark SkinOtzi the iceman, The Tyrolean Iceman is known as one of the oldest human glacier mummies
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Ötzi The Iceman Mummy Was Bald And Had Surprisingly Dark Skin

clock-iconAugust 16, 2023
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3,000-Year-Old Mummy Discovered Buried With Coca Leaves And Seashells In PeruThe skull of a mummy with a hand brushing dirt away from it

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3,000-Year-Old Mummy Discovered Buried With Coca Leaves And Seashells In PeruThe skull of a mummy with a hand brushing dirt away from it
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3,000-Year-Old Mummy Discovered Buried With Coca Leaves And Seashells In Peru

clock-iconJune 19, 2023
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Scientists Opened Up A Jar In A Cemetery And Found A Mummified Green Hand Clutching A Copper CoinA mummified hand, clutching a copper coin.

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Scientists Opened Up A Jar In A Cemetery And Found A Mummified Green Hand Clutching A Copper CoinA mummified hand, clutching a copper coin.
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Scientists Opened Up A Jar In A Cemetery And Found A Mummified Green Hand Clutching A Copper Coin

clock-iconApril 25, 2023
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Fantastic Beasts Found Inside Ancient Egyptian Coffins Sealed For 1,500 YearsAn animal coffin from the study surmounted by a human-headed part-eel, part-cobra creature wearing a double crown, associated with the ancient Egyptian god Atum.

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Fantastic Beasts Found Inside Ancient Egyptian Coffins Sealed For 1,500 YearsAn animal coffin from the study surmounted by a human-headed part-eel, part-cobra creature wearing a double crown, associated with the ancient Egyptian god Atum.
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Fantastic Beasts Found Inside Ancient Egyptian Coffins Sealed For 1,500 Years

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2,000 Mummified Ram Heads Discovered At Ancient Egyptian Temple Of Ramesses IIMummified ram heads temple of Ramesses II

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2,000 Mummified Ram Heads Discovered At Ancient Egyptian Temple Of Ramesses IIMummified ram heads temple of Ramesses II
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2,000 Mummified Ram Heads Discovered At Ancient Egyptian Temple Of Ramesses II

clock-iconMarch 27, 2023
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