A 2,000-year-old mummy looted and then thrown on a rubbish tip has been saved by antiquities experts in Yemen. Photo shows a 2,000-year-old mummy, undated. It was found in the garbage in Sanaa, Yemen. (YEMENGOAM/Newsflash) Passersby in Sana'a - the country's historic capital in Sana'a Governorate - found the violated…
Astonished police have confiscated an 800-year-old mummy found in the thermal delivery bag of a Just Eat-style biker. Picture shows the pre-Hispanic mummified adult male body, in Puno, Peru, undated. It's between 600 and 800 years old and was found in the thermal bag of a delivery man, who was…
New research has suggested that Otzi the 5,300-year-old prehistoric iceman did not die in autumn before being preserved under winter snow, and instead had died in early spring on a high Alpine snow field. Image shows the investigation of Otzi in South Tyrol, Austria, undated photo. The South Tyrolean Museum…
Three students and one of their dads have been seized by Egyptian police after they carried out a bungled heist at an archaeological museum packed with ancient artefacts. Photo shows the artefacts that were allegedly stolen from a museum in Sohag University, Egypt, undated photo. Four people have been arrested…
The oldest known sample of an E. coli bacteria has been extracted from a 16th-century Italian mummy by an international team of researchers. Modern E. coli bacteria is often found in the digestive system of healthy humans and animals and while most forms of it are harmless, researchers revealed in…
