US EditionSmoke-Dried Bodies Could Be World's 'Oldest Mummies': Study
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A team of international researchers has just discovered how these bodies were kept in graves in Southeast Asia thousands of years ago. Their embalming consisted of drying the bodies with smoke.
Human remains up to 12,000 years old have been found across a wide area of Southeast Asia. Although some experts say the dating in the study is not entirely reliable, it represents important insights into the field of burial customs.
Some ancient civilizations in China and Southeast Asia dried the bodies of their deceased with smoke, suggesting that they performed mummifications thousands of years before the Egyptians or Chileans, according to one study.While mummifications in ancient Egypt, where they were wrapped in the bodies with bandages, date back to 4,500 years ago, the oldest examples of mummification known to date come from ancient Chilean civilizations.There, the d…
The oldest mummies in the world may hail from southeastern Asia and date back 12,000 years - WXXV News 25
By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have discovered what’s thought to be the oldest known mummies in the world in southeastern Asia dating back up to 12,000 years. Mummification prevents decay by preserving dead bodies. The process can happen naturally in places like the sands of Chile’s Atacama Desert or the bogs of Ireland where conditions can fend off decomposition. Humans across various cultures also mummified their ancestors…
"Egypt Was Never First": Asian Hunter-Gatherers Smoke-Dried Bodies Creating World's Oldest Mummies Thousands Of Years Earlier
IN A NUTSHELL 🗺️ Researchers uncover ancient mummification practices in Asia predating Egyptian mummies by thousands of years. 🔥 Study finds evidence of smoke-drying corpses by hunter-gatherers in southern China and Southeast Asia. 🕰️ New techniques suggest bodies were preserved through prolonged low-temperature heating over millennia. 🔬 Findings challenge traditional views on the origins of [...]
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