Mummies Reflect Primal Urge to Extend Human Life

Mummies: "Postcards" from the Dead

Study Unwraps Ancient "Recipe" for Mummies

More Golden Mummies Emerge from Egyptian Valley

Thousands of Inca Mummies Raised from Their Graves

National Geographic News: Ancient Egypt

Rising Water Table Threatens Egypt's Monuments

Egyptian Archaeologist Named National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence

Floods Swept Ancient Nile Cities Away, Experts Say

Nationalgeographic.com Mummy Features:

Inca Mummies: Secrets of a Lost World (National Geographic's "Mummy Central" hub site for stories, images, galleries, news, and more)

National Geographic Magazine: Inca Rescue

The Mummy Bundles of Puruchuco

Múmias Incas: Mummy photos, a map, and more from our Portuguese-language site

Inca Mummies interactive feature on our British site

Virtual Autopsy

How to Make a Mummy

The Mummy Road Show

Mummy Quiz

Three Inca Mummies Found on Volcano in Argentina

At the Tomb of Tutankhamen

Two girls and a boy, relics of an Inca sacrificial ritual, were found in a burial platform atop Argentina's Mount Llullaillaco

Ice Treasures of the Inca

Kids Book: Mummies of the Pharaohs

Kids Book: Discovering the Inca Ice Maiden

World magazine: Mummies Unmasked

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