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The head of a mummy from the Chinchorro culture, which is found in northern Chile.

As Chile’s climate changes, the world’s oldest mummies are turning moldy

Science

The oldest mummies in the world aren’t in Egypt, but in northern Chile where the Chinchorro people once lived. Their 7,000-year-old remains are now under threat from changing weather patterns wrought by climate change, as are cultural relics around the world.

New study looks at why ancient South American culture mummified its dead

CT Scans Reveal Ancient Mummies with Heart Disease

Arts, Culture & Media

Why the South American Chinchorro People Made the First Mummies

Arts, Culture & Media

Treasure of Egyptian antiquities

Arts, Culture & Media
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European mummies found in China, and new discoveries on the origin of dogs

Arts, Culture & Media

Archaeologists have found mummies of people of European descent who lived in a desert in Northwestern China nearly 4,000 years ago. Also this week, geneticists announced that dogs split from the wolves about 15,000 years ago in the Middle East.

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Geo answer

Arts, Culture & Media

The answer to today’s Geo Quiz is the Egyptian city of Luxor located at the site of the ancient city of Thebes. Mummies from the Brooklyn Museum had a CAT scan this week. Lisa Mullins gets the story from the museum’s Egyptian art curator Edward Bleiburg.

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