Mummies

Connected Sites: 24

Mummies found or displayed within WHS

Connected Sites

  • Lima
    Lima
    Peru
    Inscribed: 1988
    2.84
    359
    10
    Body Of Pizarro
  • Cuzco
    Cuzco
    Peru
    Inscribed: 1983
    3.72
    364
    9
    "Royal Mummies" Kept At Cuzco Were All Destroyed By The Conquistadores. Cuzco Museum Still Has Other Mummies.
  • Tallinn
    Tallinn
    Estonia
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.73
    469
    17
    St Nicholas' Church - The Side Chapel Used To Hold The Mummy Of Duke Eugène De Croÿ, The Commander Of The Russian Army At Battle Of Narva (1700).
  • Gebel Barkal
    Inscribed: 2003
    3.13
    34
    4
    Most Tombs Emptied But Eg One Mummy Found At Nuri C1984 By Thieves Who Were Apprehended.
  • Abbey of St Gall
    Abbey of St Gall
    Switzerland
    Inscribed: 1983
    3.15
    280
    6
    Egyptian Mummy In The Library Of The Monastery
  • Tiwanaku
    Tiwanaku
    Bolivia
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.09
    115
    7
    Preservation, Use, And Reconfiguration Of Mummy Bundles And Skeletal Remains
  • Hiraizumi
    Inscribed: 2011
    2.99
    69
    5
    Mummies Of The Three Fujiwara Lords At Chusonji Temple
  • Arequipa
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.34
    220
    10
    Mummy Juanita, On Display In Catholic University Of Santa María's Museum Of Andean Sanctuaries (Museo Santuarios Andinos)
    See En.Wikipedia.Org
  • Teide National Park
    Inscribed: 2007
    3.83
    231
    7
    "The Prehispanic Population Of Tenerife (Guanches) Buried Their Dead In Caves. Many Corpses Are Totally Or Partially Mummified."
    See Www.Academia.Edu
  • Tadrart Acacus
    Inscribed: 1985
    3.69
    7
    1
    The "Black Mummy" - A Mummified Infant Was Found In A Rock Shelter At Uan Muhuggiag In 1958. Carbon Dating Indicates It Predates Known Egyptian Mummification.
  • Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
    Inscribed: 1998
    2.83
    380
    14
    Basilica Of St. Michael, Bordeaux: "From The Late Eighteenth Century Until 1979, Over 60 Of The Mummified Bodies Were Exhibited In The Crypt. In 1881 A Gallo-Roman Cemetery And Catacombs Were Discovered Under The Tower, With Several Naturally Mummified Bodies".
    See En.Wikipedia.Org
  • Quebrada de Humahuaca
    Inscribed: 2003
    3.14
    79
    5
    Tilcara Museum Holds A Mummy That Originates From San Pedro De Atacama (Chile)
  • Qhapaq Ñan
    Qhapaq Ñan
    Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
    Inscribed: 2014
    2.79
    221
    9
    Piramide Del Cerro Aconcagua (Ar-Pin-20/Cs-2011) "With Its Ceremonial Site In La Piramide (Ca. 5,300 Masl), Has, In A Dry-Stone Wall Structure, The Mummified Body Of A Child..........In The Protected Landfill Of One Of The Dry-Stone Walls There Was The Funerary Bundle Containing The Tightly Folded Body Of An Infant Of Some 7 Years Of Age, Half-Buried And Slanted Due To Displacement" (Nom File)
  • Qadisha Valley
    Inscribed: 1998
    3.31
    81
    4
    Maronite Mummies
    See En.Wikipedia.Org
  • Pyramids (Memphis)
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.50
    421
    12
    Numerous
  • Potosi
    Potosi
    Bolivia
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.17
    116
    6
    Several Young Children, Displayed In La Moneda
  • Memorial Sites of Genocide
    Inscribed: 2023
    2.42
    58
    3
    Murambi: "In Some Of Which The Mummified Bodies And Skulls And Bones Of Victims Are Displayed" (Ab Ev)
  • Mammoth Cave
    Mammoth Cave
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 1981
    3.25
    165
    5
    Several Pre-Columbian Mummies Have Been Found Preserved.
  • Kyiv Cathedral and Lavra
    Inscribed: 1990
    3.56
    246
    6
    Pechersk Lavra: Hundreds Of Mummified Bodies Of Monks
  • Kremlin and Red Square
    Inscribed: 1990
    4.03
    348
    8
    Body Of Lenin
  • Guanajuato
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.87
    154
    10
    The Mummies Of Guanajuato Are A Number Of Naturally Mummified Bodies Interred During A Cholera Outbreak Around Guanajuato, Mexico In 1833. The Bodies Were Mummified Due To The Air And Weather In The Area.
  • Golden Mountains of Altai
    Inscribed: 1998
    3.38
    25
    3
    Pazyryk Mummies
    See En.Wikipedia.Org
  • Chinchorro Culture
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.47
    25
    3
    The Chinchorro Innovated Continuously In Their Mummification Practices To Create Artificial Mummies That Possessed Extraordinary Material, Sculptural, And Aesthetic Qualities (Ab Ev)
  • Ancient Thebes
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.39
    343
    11
    Mummy Of Ramesses Ii Was Found Here (Now Displayed In Cairo Museum). Also Tutankhamun And Others