Modern Mummification
and Transference
Throughout history, mummification was practiced in various degrees by cultures all around the world. Click/tap on an area on the map to see examples of mummification in that geographical area.
World map courtesy of WorldAtlas.com .
North America
Aleuts of the Aleutian Islands, 1740 - 1800
Anasazi of the Western USA
Spirit Cave Man of Nevada USA, 9000 years old, world's oldest Mummy
Elmer McCurdy of Oklahoma USA
The Modern Mummies of Summum - USA
South America
Chavin, Paracas-Nasca, Maranga, Moche, Inca, Chachapoya and Sican Chimu of Peru
Jivaro of Ecuador
Muisca of Colombia
Huari and Tiwanku of Bolivia
Yupka of Venezuela
Chinchorro of Chile
Maria Eva Duarte de Perón (Eva "Evita" Perón), Argentina
Europe
Guanches of the Canary Islands
Franciscan Friars of Basel Switzerland
Czech Republic
The Monks of Palermo in Sicily, the Mummies of St. Domenico Maggiore Abby in Naples and the Grottarossa Mummy of Via Appia Italy
The Scythian Mummies of Russia and Vladimir Ilych Lenin of Russia
Middle East
The Church Patriarch of Beirut, Lebanon
Alexander the Great
Asia
The Burmese rulers and priest
The Buddhist monks of Vietnam
Western Han Dynasty Mummies of Hunan, China
The Tibetan Lama Mummies
Gaochum Mummy of Jiangus, China, Ming Dynasty
Jianxi Mummy from the Southern Sung Dynasty, China
Jindan Mummy from the Southern Sung Dynasty, China
The Japanese Buddhist priest Mummies
Ibaloy Mummies of Benguet, Philippines
Oceania
The Mummies of the Buang Tribe in Papua New Guinea
Mummies of Queensland, Australia
Mummies of the Torres Strait
The Mummies of South Australia
The Mummies of New Zealand
The Mummies of Tahiti, the Cook Islands and Samoa
The Mummies of Indonesia
