Mummy

"Do you live in the morgue?" asked one Reddit user. "That's what happens when you won't let her keep her coffin inside," joked another.

The bizarre specimen is housed in a box at Enju-in Temple in Asakuchi City, Japan, along with a note saying that it was caught off the coast in 1740.

Crocodiles were sacrificed to act as intermediaries between humans and the ancient Egyptian deity Sobek, a god associated with fertility and often depicted as a crocodile.

The face of Ramesses II—the pharaoh it is believed who persecuted Moses and the Israelites as told in the Bible—has recently been revealed by scientists.

"This is a completely unusual discovery and the first of its kind in the history of research in Egypt," archaeologist Dr. Patryk Chudzik told Newsweek.

The tunnel is near to the Taposiris Magna temple, which was previously found to contain coins with the images and name of Cleopatra on them.

Paleontologists have so far uncovered the dinosaur's tail and its foot, and believe an entire skeleton lies within the rock, completely covered in skin.

Queen Nefertiti, who may have ruled Egypt before her son, King Tutankhamun, lived around 3,300 years ago. Her tomb has never been found.

A decapitated Egyptian mummy's head discovered in an attic in England has undergone a state-of-the-art CT scan to try and uncover its secrets.

Russian researchers discovered the mummified remains of a shaman inside a sarcophagus who was buried wearing silk and fur.

"The conditions in the walls were such that the body was preserved in good conditions," said Lieutenant Ray Kelly of the Alameda County Sheriff's Office.

Researchers are scientifically analyzing the mummified creature for the first time in the hopes of casting light on its origins.

Early forensic evidence suggests the children met violent deaths and were placed in the tomb in Lima, Peru, to accompany a nobleman to the afterlife.

"Considering our findings, it is only a matter of time before the next mummified pregnant woman is discovered," scientists wrote.

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The mummy was found in perfect condition and was believed to have been a male between the ages of 18 to 22.

Researchers also uncovered a number of parasites infecting the Tollund Man at the time of his death.

Bolivian officials are investigating a body found in the Salar de Uyuni. It is thought to belong to a person who was recently declared missing.

The mummy of Takabuti has long been the subject of scientific research.

Researchers wanted to investigate the feasibility of restoring vocal sounds of ancient human remains.

Archaeobotanists at the University of Glasgow in Scotland have identified more than 75 species of plant frozen alongside Ötzi.

Police don't yet know the sex or age of the remains.

The ancient concoction shows people were making mummies in Egypt thousands of years earlier than previously thought.

In 2003, a tiny humanoid skeleton with bizarre features was found in the Atacama desert. It was so unusual that some even speculated it was of extraterrestrial origin.

Ötzi is the oldest naturally preserved ice mummy.

"This was a very special individual," researchers say.

Neighbors reportedly thought María Amparo Plaza had moved away.

Are these the mummified remains of one of the last monarchs of Iran?

More than a century ago, anthropologists were eager to assemble collections of skeletons.

Hieroglyphs on the coffin say it contained a high priestess called Mer-Neith-it-es from 600 BC.