#Firstpost World’s Oldest Mummies Unearthed in Asia, Smoke-Dried 14,000 Years Ago | Vantage With Palki Sharma
A new American research suggests the world’s oldest mummification may have begun 14,000 years ago in Asia—not with pharaohs, but with fire. Hunter-gatherers in China, Vietnam, and Indonesia appeared to gently smoke-dry their dead over low heat before burial, preserving them in crouched positions. Evidence of intentional charring hints at a deeply human ritual of remembrance. Similar practices have emerged worldwide—from Egypt’s spa-like embalming to Chile’s Chinchorro mummies, Siberian ice burials, and Papua New Guinea’s smoke-dried cliff sentinels. Even Japan’s self-mummifying monks joined the effort. Across cultures and time, preserving the dead has been about more than death—it’s about memory, love, and meaning.
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