mummification
12,000-Year-Old Mummies Reveal Evidence Of Human Mummification
Sep 16, 2025 05:37 pm CST
Smoke-drying mummification of human remains was practised by hunter-gatherers across southern China, southeast Asia and beyond as far back as 12,000 years ago.
Smoke-dried bodies could be world's 'oldest mummies': study
Sep 16, 2025 05:36 pm CST
Some ancient societies in China and southeast Asia appear to have smoke-dried their dead, effectively mummifying them thousands of years earlier than their Egyptian counterparts, new research has found.