Human remains were found in crouched positions, often with scorch marks - Hirofumi Matsumura The world’s oldest mummies have been found in burial sites in China and Vietnam, scientists have said.

Some ancient societies in Asia appear to have smoke-dried their dead, effectively mummifying them thousands of years earlier than their Egyptian counterparts, new research has found.

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Sept. 16 (UPI) --Scientists discovered what may be the world's oldest known mummies in China and Southeast Asia. The research posted in the PNAS journal examined 54 pre-Neolithic burials from 11 ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. NEW YORK — Scientists have discovered what’s thought to be the oldest known mummies in the world in southeastern ...

Mummies are most often associated with Egypt, where the oldest ones are about 4,500 years old. But researchers say they have found mummies that are much older on the other side of the world. “We found ...

The oldest evidence of mummification has been discovered in Vietnam, in the form of a single 14,000-year-old mummified arm. Unlike the Egyptian mummification practice more familiar to modern Western ...

(Image credit: Yousuke Kaifu and Hirofumi Matsumura) The world's oldest known human mummies were created by smoke-drying corpses 10,000 years ago in Southeast Asia and China, long before mummification ...