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Particle accelerator unearths surprises hidden with 2000-year-old mummy

by Colin | Nov 24, 2020 | Archaeology, Journalism, Physics | 0

Thanks to a bit of help from a particle accelerator, scientists have discovered an unusual amulet interred with a 2000-year-old mummy. Image: Stuart R Stock

Mummy autopsy reveals earliest known case of liver parasite

by Colin | Aug 25, 2017 | Archaeology, Journalism | 0

It might have been what the doctor ordered, but it didn’t do the patient much good. A 375-year-old mummified man discovered in South Korea had a parasitic liver infection caught by eating raw shellfish, which the man might have done on medical advice. Image: Pulmonary Pathology

Mummified Inca child sacrifice gives up her secrets

by Colin | Jul 29, 2013 | Archaeology, Featured, Journalism | 0

Sitting cross-legged, a Mona Lisa half-smile playing on her lips, the Llullaillaco Maiden looks at peace. When she was unearthed in 1999, the lump of coca in her teeth and her icy mountaintop tomb were the only clues that she was part of an Inca child sacrifice ritual 500 years ago. Image: José Fontanelli