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Ramses II
Ramses II was born 1303 BC and died in the year 1213 BC, son of Seti I and Queen Tuya, the third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt. He is often regarded as the -
El Niño
El niño (the boy), also known as Llullaillaco Boy or Lightning Boy was one of three Inca mummies found near the Volcano Llullaillaco in Argentina. He is believed to have died between A.D. 1430 -
Herakleides
Herakleides is a Romano-Egyptian mummy dating back to the early 1st Century AD who was mummified in a pharaonic manner. Herakleides is believed to have been a young scribe, worshiper of Thoth (the God -
Sylvester
Sylvester was said to have been found in the Gila Bend Desert, Arizona in 1895, although recent tests have disproved the story. During the 20th century, his well-preserved body travelled as a sideshow attraction -
Mummipedia Wiki
Welcome to mummy noun [ C ](esp. in ancient Egypt) a dead body (human or animal) that has been preserved from decay, esp. by being treated with special substances. Old French momie, from Medieval Latin mumia -
Si Quey
Si Quey was a Chinese immigrant who moved to Thailand in 1944. He was accused of murdering seven boys, removing their internal organs and then eating them. The murders took place in Prachuap Khiri Khan -
Hannelore Schmatz
In 1979, Hannelore Schmatz died on her descent after reaching the summit of Mount Everest. Exhausted, she was caught by darkness at 8,300 meters (27,200 feet) just below the summit, Schmatz and another -
Princess of Ukok
Princess of Ukok, also known as the Siberian Ice Maiden or Altai Lady, is a 2,400 year old mummy. "She belonged to a tribe called the Pzyryks, close relatives of the Scythians, who lived -
The Llullaillaco Maiden
The Maiden, aka La Doncella, was found entombed in a small chamber 1.5 metres underground near the summit of Volcán Llullaillaco in Argentina, in a cross-legged posture, showing no signs of distress due -
Tollund Man
On 6 May 1950, two brothers were cutting pea in the Bjaeldskov bog, when they came upon a body that was so well preserved, thought it was a recent death. Upon closer examination, it was -
Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun was born c 1341 B.C with the name Tutankhaten, meaning "the living image of Aten." After becoming the 12th pharaoh of the 18th Egyptian dynasty in 1332 B.C., he converted his name -
Cherchen Man
The Cherchen man was found at Zaghunluq near the town of Qiemo (Cherchen) in the Taklamakan Desert, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, western China in 1978. Cherchen man is very well preserved, and it has been -
Old Croghan Man
Old Croghan Man (Seanfhear Chruacháin in Irish) is the name given to a well-preserved Iron Age bog body found in an Irish bog in June 2003. The remains are named after Croghan Hill, north -
Yuya
Yuya (also known as louiya) was a powerful Egyptian courtier for Amenhotep III during the 18th Dynasty of Egypt (c. 1390). Yuya came from the Upper Egyptian town of Akhmim, where he owned an estate -
Yde Girl
Yde Girl is a bog body found in the Stijfveen peat bog near the village of Yde, Netherlands on 12 May 1897 and was considered well-preserved when discovered, but by the time the body -
Chinchorro Mummies of Chile
Chinchorro mummies are the world's oldest known mummies, they range from 4,000 to 7,000 years old. Chinchorro refers to the people who inhabited on the coast of Northern Chile and Southern Peru -
Xin Zhui
Xin Zhui, also known as Lady Dai or Marquise of Dai, she was the wife of Li Chang, Marquis of Dai, who lived during the Han Dynasty. Her body was preserved and she a mamber -
The Younger Lady
The Younger Lady, also known as KV35YL, was a mummy found in the Valley of Kings in Luxor, Egypt. Recent DNA testing has indicated that she could have been Sitamen, Isis, Henuttaneb, Nebetah or an -
Elling Woman
The Elling Woman mummy is a pre-Roman Iron Age mummy that was discovered in 1938 in the Bjeldskovdal Bog near Silkeborg, Denmark. She is notable both for her proximity to another bog body, The -
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong, also translated as Mao Tse-tung, was a Chinese Communist revolutionary. He was the founding father of the People's Republic of China and governed as Chairman of the Communist Party of China -
Akhenaten
He was born Amenhotep, and was probably the younger son of Pharaoh Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye. In 1352 BC, Akhenaten, a teenager at the time, ascended the throne and was crowned at Karnak, succeeding -
Nesperennub
Nesperennub was a priest at Karanak in the ancient city of Thebes in around 800BC[1], which in modern day would be Luxor. The possible cause of his death was a small hole found above -
Wet Mummy
In 2011, in Taizhou, Jiangsu Province, China, construction workers were clearing the way to widen a road. During excavations, at approximately two meters, the construction workers hit a large object. After contacting a team of -
Beauty of Xiaohe
In 2003, archeologists excavating China's Xiaohe Mudi graveyards, recovered from Ördek’s Necropolis, Small River Cemetery No. 5, 15 mummies including The Beauty. The Beauty of Xiaohe dates to around the same period and -
David Sharp
David Sharp had already successfully climbed Elbrus and Kilimanjaro and tried to scale Everest twice before but had been forced to turn back before reaching the summit.On this his third attempt, he decided he
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