DNA tests to study mummy fetuses in King Tut tomb

"Egyptian scientists are carrying out DNA tests on two mummified fetuses found in the tomb of King Tutankhamun to determine whether they are the young pharaoh's offspring, the antiquities authority said Wednesday. The two tiny female fetuses, between...

Mummified Man Dead for Years in Rental Home

This has to be the strangest thing I've read about in quite some time.What next? Another Sphinx will be found under his house? Hmmm."PHOENIX (AP) - A man whose mummified body was found in February in the bathtub of a rental cottage in Phoenix has been identified. Phoenix...

Woman's dead body lies in flat for 35 years

"ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) -- Governments have changed. War erupted and ended. Neighbors had children, and then grandchildren. But Hedviga Golik never left her tiny apartment in Croatia's capital -- until her mummified body was carried out this week, 35 years after she died....

Egypt to restrict visits to Tutankhamun tomb

"Sun 11 Nov 2007, 13:10 GMT CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt will limit the number of visitors to the tomb of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun to 400 a day from December 1 and close it from May 2008 for restoration work on the wall paintings, the government said on Sunday. A statement...

Foot found in cooker

"A US shopper got more than he bargained for when a cooker he bought at a public auction contained a mummified human foot. Shannon Whisnant discovered the foot when he bought the cooker in Maiden, North Carolina this week. Police told The Hickory Record the previous owner,...

Out of Thin Air

"Out of Thin Air By David Roberts For 75 years, mountaineering’s greatest mystery has lingered: Did the doomed George Mallory and Andrew Irvine reach the summit of Everest 29 years before the first confirmed ascent? The stunning discovery of Mallory’s body helps answer...