Aerial view of a statue of the Chinchorro culture, in Camarones, Arica, Chile, on March 23, 2022. Photo by MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP via Getty Images. Here on these barren desert hillsides along the Pacific ...

Here on Short Wave, we're getting into the Halloween spirit a little early with a look at the world's oldest mummies. They're found in modern-day... The world's oldest mummies are decomposing after ...

The first humans known to have mummified their dead did so in a rather improbable spot: the driest place on Earth. The Chinchorro people settled in coastal bays of the Atacama Desert, in what is ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

A group of Chinchorro mummies, dated between 5000 B.C.E. and 3000 B.C.E. CLAUDIO SANTANA/AFP via Getty Images Mummies buried in the Atacama desert of Chile nearly 7,000 years ago have become one with ...

The northern coast of the Atacama Desert, an arid and hostile habitat in northernmost Chile, was home to the Chinchorro, a society of marine hunter-gatherers who lived here from approximately 7,400 BP ...

This unassuming institution, which has two small detached wings, holds the mummified remains of some 300 Chinchorro people, though it only displays about 10% of its collection for public view. That’s ...