A man bought a "priceless" mummified human skull at a garage sale for just over $100 and is now receiving offers for $2,500, but...

Mokomokai trophy heads are a cultural and ceremonial element of the Maori, the indigenous people of New Zealand, with a history deeply rooted in...

Tsantsa, tzantza or shrunken head is the practice of the indigenous Shuar-Jíbaro people (South America) of "shrinking heads". This procedure made the...

Egyptian mummies are obviously the most recognizable and admired mummies by all; the oldest date back to the end of...

The INCAS sacrificed children and young virgins as offerings to their gods: the sun, the earth, the mountains, the stars, the rays and to calm the volcanoes...

The Paracas and Nazca peoples are considered to belong to different cultures and there is enough geographic, chronological, political and...

Sometimes, as a trophy and in the heat of battle, the heads of enemies or opponents were cut off and...

The Nazca trophy heads... the victim consumed psychoactive substances before decapitation

Nuestras momias en el Museo Arqueológico de Cacabelos. Our mummies at the Cacabelos Archaeological Museum.