High-Tech Rescue for the Kabayan Mummies in the Philippines

Ancient Kabayan "fire" mummies in Luzon, Philippines, face risk from environmental changes. Researchers use modern technology to study and preserve ...

[Paper] Biomolecular analyses enable new insights into ancient Egyptian embalming

9 February 2023

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via Nature, 1 February 2023: Analaysis of an embalming workshop suggest that some of the materials used to preserve the ...

Rock-cut Toraja tomb. Source: New York Times 20201214

In Indonesia, a Blurred Boundary Between the Living and the Dead

22 December 2020

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via New York Times, 14 December 2020: Photo essay of the Toraja people in Sulawesi and their death rituals which ...

Baliem Valley mummies tourism suffers under current slump

24 June 2020

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via Tempo, 17 June 2020: With tourism down due to Covid-19, smaller sites such as the Mummies of Baliem Valley ...

The alien paintings of Papua

24 June 2020 - Updated on 16 October 2020

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via Tempo, 17 June 2020: It is difficult to date rock art in general, and in most cases they predate ...

Mummies of Pumo Village. Source: Media Indonesia 20200510

Visitors to the Pumo Mummies disappear during Covid-19

15 May 2020 - Updated on 16 October 2020

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via Media Indonesia, 10 May 2020: It's not the big sites like Angkor and Bagan suffering from the drop in ...

Dani mummies of Papua. Source: Temp 20191227

The mummies of Papua

27 December 2019 - Updated on 5 January 2020

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via Tempo, 27 December 2019: Mummies in Southeast Asia are uncommon, but they do exist. This article features the mummification ...

Road project threatend Philippine mummy site

19 September 2016 - Updated on 7 December 2020

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A road construction project in Philippines' Mountain province runs uncomfortably close to some sacred mummy burial sites, sparking criticism. Hanging ...