For centuries, everyone has known the story: when European colonizers arrived in the Americas, they brought with them diseases that devastated Indigenous people. Smallpox, especially, was a nightmare: ...

DNA samples collected from Inca mummies have confirmed the presence of a strain of smallpox that first emerged in Europe. “We interpreted this as the first direct molecular evidence of smallpox ...

BUENOS AIRES, May 29 (Reuters) - ⁠The ⁠mummy of a child ⁠from the Inca period, discovered frozen in 1905 on a mountain in northwestern Argentina, has been returned to an indigenous community ‌after ...

People have long been fascinated by mummies, the preserved bodies from ancient Egypt. They certainly have one large advantage over most other monsters: They’re real! You can walk right into a museum ...

Back in 1954, the preserved remains of sacrificed Inca children were found high in the Andes. Just over 70 years later, researchers re-examined the bodies and discovered their deaths may not have ...

Mummy returned after 119 years in Buenos Aires museum to Kolla indigenous community Kolla leader says child symbolizes cultural identity and enduring traditions University of Buenos Aires apologized ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People participate in a ceremony following the return of the so-called “Child of Chani,” an Inca-era child mummy found frozen in ...