The discovery of the Nazca Mummies in Peru has become one of the most controversial mysteries of the 21st century. Supporters ...

The discovery of three-fingered, elongated-skull mummies in Nazca, Peru, ignited a fierce global debate over whether they are ...

From historic pasty shops to ancient Egyptian artefacts, this town packs a lot in ...

Under scrutiny, the purportedly 2,500-year-old body raised a lot of eyebrows and even more questions.

The distinctive smell of ancient mummies is helping scientists decode the secrets of Egyptian mummification. By analyzing tiny traces of chemicals in the air around mummy samples, researchers ...

Researchers have uncovered traces of ancient microbes inside a mummy — unexpected “signs of life” that may have persisted for more than 5,300 years. The study, recently published in the journal ...

Scientists at the world’s only mummy research institute are combing crypts and caverns for ancient remains—and using new tools to gather fresh insight about how our ancestors once lived. Unlike their ...

New research suggests seabird guano helped transform the Chincha Kingdom into one of the most prosperous societies in ancient Peru. Chemical clues in centuries-old maize show farmers fertilized their ...

Good news for horror fans: “Lee Cronin’s The Mummy” will be available to stream on HBO Max on July 3. The supernatural horror was released on April 17 by New Line Cinema. Lee Cronin directed and wrote ...

Keiko Fujimori, Peru’s most powerful politician over the past decade, has won the presidency once held by her father on her fourth try, according to official results. Fujimori, a right-wing party boss ...

Late in Steven Spielberg’s new film, Disclosure Day, a former nun-to-be calls the abbess of the convent she left behind. The world is about to learn that aliens have been living on Earth for decades.

LIMA, July 2 (Reuters) - Peru's government declared a state of emergency in 796 districts —about ‌40% of the country's total— citing imminent danger from heavy rains associated with El Niño weather ...