Discovery Channel - Mummy Autopsy (2004) Part 3 The World's Oldest Mummies and the Mummy Without a Home

Ancient crime scene - Mysterious finds of corpses from times long past continue to pose great puzzles for researchers all over the world Who were these early people and under what circumstances did they die? Were they victims of brutal cult rituals or did they die of natural causes? Discovery Channel accompanies an expert team of scientists and forensic specialists in their exciting search for clues. Using the modern forensic methods and the latest high-tech equipment, the mummy detectives investigate mysterious human finds around the world. With the knowledge gained, the experts uncover criminal cases that are centuries old or reconstruct life and death in times of almost forgotten cultures. Whether in the desert caves of South America or in the catacombs of Turin, the mummy detectives will take over in any case.

Part 3 The World's Oldest Mummies and the Mummy Without a Home

The Chinchorro mummies of Chile are the oldest ever found, the oldest being over 9000 years old. Many of them are children, but some are so small archaeologists aren't sure if they are dolls, or statuettes, or if in fact they are real mummified babies. Tiffany and Ken travel to Africa in Chile where the mummies are conserved to test whether these are real mummified. Between 1100 and 1400 AD, Armatambo was one of the most important centers of the Peruvian Ichma culture. Where the rich city once stood is now the poor district of Virgen del Morro on the outskirts of Lima. Archaeologists have dug up around 200 mummies there. Now one of them is to be “unwrapped”. And in our second investigation, a 3,500-year-old cemetery was discovered in Granada, southern Spain. But are the mummies lying there that old?

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