What Glaciers, Ice Mummies, and Ancient Artifacts Teach Us about Climate, Culture, and a Future Without Ice” was published in September by Timber Press.

The Incas used its summit for human sacrifices, and an Incan mummy, preserved by the dry ... Wainstein noted that the Andes, the world’s longest mountain range, is home to about 99% of the ...

the Caribbean and Central and Southern Andes. Highlights include pieces from the Inca and Aztec empires and Chinchorro mummies, a funerary technique that's 2,000 years older than the Egyptian method.

So as the rest of the world goes in to turkey-and-hibernation mode, you can tune in every Saturday night in November to ...

After spending three months in one of the driest places in the world, writer Mark Johanson is eager to return.

In September, staff members rolled 26 of the mummies on display at the museum on specially built carts to the parking lot to be put through a mobile CT scanner. The nondestructive technology ...

Mummies are practically synonymous with Ancient Egypt. The term conjures up images of an undead creature wrapped in bandages rising from its sarcophagus deep within a pyramid. But mummies aren’t ...

Welcome to our Brummie Mummies section, bringing you the best ideas for things to do with the family. We have lots of top tips and handy guides for mums and dads with children of all ages.

KURASHIKI, Okayama Prefecture—A “mermaid mummy” kept at a temple has been an object of worship, the stuff of nightmares and a source of mystery for hundreds of years. Now, for the first time ...

Reading the Magic Tree House books in order Since the first of Mary Pope Osborne’s bestselling books for children debuted in 1992, they have delighted generations of young readers. The books in the ...