Saturday, 3 October 2026

Chilean scientists examine 15 mummies of the Chinchorro people, the world's oldest

Two staff members in masks and gloves stand by an open cardboard case holding a mummy on white fabric, with shelves of boxes behind.

Chilean scientists have examined 15 mummies of the Chinchorro people, who lived on the Pacific coast of South America from the 10th to the 3rd millennium BC. These mummies are the oldest on earth, and several thousand years older than the Egyptian ones.

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