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Matt Lodder’s “Painted People: 5,000 Years of Tattooed History from Sailors and Socialites to Mummies and Kings” is a lively exploration of an underexamined art.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2024

Mummies and ancient offerings have already been found in the Huaca Pucllana site, and experts see the site as a Pandora's Box with much more to be found.

From Reuters • Sep. 6, 2023

Mummies and other pre-Hispanic remains have been found in unusual places in the city.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 15, 2023

A major draw of the reopening is “Golden Mummies of Egypt” an exhibition that rethinks past approaches to Egyptology.

From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2023

Mummies were first discovered in the Atacama at the beginning of the twentieth century.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann