mummified

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He remained frozen in the ice until two German hikers stumbled across his mummified remains in 1991 in the northern Italian region of South Tyrol.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

New research now shows that the distinctive musty scent of mummified remains holds valuable clues about how these elaborate burial rituals were carried out.

From Science Daily • Mar. 16, 2026

The 43-year-old still appreciates the series—and for more than the thrill of learning how investigators identified a mummified pregnant woman hidden in a barrel on Long Island.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

Redacted videos of the couple’s mummified bodies captured on police bodycam recordings could be released if they are blurred, the court ruled.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2025

The corpse was mummified by the cold, and this time the lawmen had no trouble identifying the victim: Henry Roan, a forty-year-old Osage Indian who was married with two children.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann