The oldest known mummies have been found — in Southeast Asia
Corpses dried over smoky fires are at least 7,000 years older than Egyptian mummies
Curled up and crouched skeletons of ancient people buried across southern China and Southeast Asia, including this man’s more than 9,000-year-old remains, contain evidence of the oldest known form of mummification, researchers say.
Yousuke Kaifu and Hirofumi Matsumura