The World's Oldest Mummies, the Spread of a Rare Brain-Eating Amoeba, and a Manhattan-Sized Iceberg Breaks Off a Greenland Glacier
Discover the top stories from Aug. 22 to Aug. 28, 2026, including mummies made 2,000 years before the rise of Egypt and a rare brain-eating amoeba that is spreading across the U.S.
The oldest mummies in the world, the Chinchorro mummies, originally crafted by the Chinchorro people of the Atacama Desert over 7,000 years ago, utilized a highly intricate process. Their advanced funerary technology remains a mystery despite the lack of written records and monumental cities associated with this ancient society.
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