LIMA, Peru -- A mummy estimated to be between 800 and 1,200 years old has been unearthed by archeologists in Peru, at a site near the country's capital city of Lima. Researchers from the National ...

The strange story of Peru’s so-called alien mummies is making headlines again. This time, it’s not because of their weird appearance or wild DNA claims—but because their fingerprints look nothing like ...

Construction workers have been baffled to discover an ancient mummy buried in a hidden tomb beneath the streets of Peru's capital, Lima. While expanding the city's gas network, utility workers ...

The production crew of National Geographic's "The Mummy Roadshow" did not have to traverse the terrain of Peru to investigate a mummy -- they only had to go as far as the Arts Quad. An episode ...

Highly detailed tattoos on Peruvian mummies were made with “special effort” around 1,200 years ago, likely using cactus needles or sharpened animal bones, archaeologists say. Researchers used laser ...

Digging under a street in the Peruvian capital, Lima, workers installing gas pipes stumbled across a mummy more than 1,000 years old, according to the gas company and archaeologists. The discovery was ...

Opening the Vaults: Mummies is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the public to view over 20 mummified individuals from Egypt and Peru held in The Field Museum's extensive collections, including ...