Ancient Smoke-Dried Mummies Discovered in Asia, Challenging Expectations
TL;DR
Researchers have discovered the world's oldest mummies in southern China and Southeast Asia, dating back between 4,000 and 14,000 years, challenging the traditional association of mummies with Egypt and revealing advanced preservation techniques among early hunter-gatherer populations.
Topics:worldarchaeology#ancient-china#archaeological-sites#archaeology#burials#mummies#pre-neolithic
- Scientists say they've found the world's oldest mummies, and they're far from Egypt NBC News
- Oldest known evidence of human mummification discovered in Asia, scientists say CNN
- Smoke-dried human remains found in Asia may be world's oldest known mummies, researchers say CBS News
- World's oldest mummies were smoke-dried 10,000 years ago in China and Southeast Asia, researchers find Live Science
- Oldest Human Mummies Discovered, And They're Not What We Expected ScienceAlert
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