Two newly uncovered mummies, alleged to be aliens, are at the centre of a furious legal row in South America. Self-described ...

Humanoid, three-fingered “alien mummies” discovered in Peru last year have “straight” fingerprints that do not match those of ...

Archaeology students discovered the mummy during a dig in Lima Archaeologists in Peru conducting a dig at the site of a rubbish dump in the capital Lima have found a mummy they think is around ...

A mummy, to put it bluntly, is an old dead body. But unlike a skeleton or a fossil, a mummy still retains some of the soft tissue it had when it was alive—most often skin, but sometimes organs ...

The mummy was wrapped in bandages in the foetal position which is typical of many of the pre-Hispanic burials in the area. Mummification was practiced by a variety of cultures in what is now Peru ...

The mystery surrounding Peru's alleged 'alien mummies' has intensified following a recent investigation by Joshua McDowell, a defence attorney and former Colorado prosecutor. He, along with three ...

In a small room lined with shelves of skulls, fossils, bones and antique violins, researchers are using advanced computer imaging to study priceless objects, including a mummy from Peru.

Dead for 500 years, this Inca sacrificial mummy found on Chile's El Plomo Peak ... dot the Andes from central Chile to southern Peru. All of the sites are located in the region of the two ...

An "alien mummy" discovered in Peru has sparked global intrigue, with calls for an international investigation into its origins. The mysterious find, which has been labeled as potentially ...

"It's not a Juanita, it's a Juan," a specialist at the Peru Ministry of Culture told France 24. Bermejo claimed he been given the mummy by his father, and it had been in his family for over 30 years.

Archaeologists in Lima, Peru, made an astonishing discovery under thousands of pounds of trash — a 3,000-year-old mummy that was likely a sacrifice. The specimen was uncovered this week by ...

The story of Juanita the Ice Maiden; one of the most famous mummies in the world who was offered up as an Inca child ...