Bog: Accidental mummies, made only by nature, from northern Europe and, yes, Florida.

Buddhist: An unusual method of mummy creation that apparently first occurred in Japan between the years 1000-1200 B.C.

Chachapoya: Related to Inca mummies, a cache of more than 200 mummies was found in Peru in 1996.

Chinchorro: The first people in the world to practice mummification, they preserved their dead beginning about 5000 B.C., reaching a peak in 3000 B.C.--around the same time that the Egyptians began experimenting with mummification.

Egyptian: The most famous mummies of all.

Greenland: The oldest preserved remains in Greenland, these mummies provided researchers with a special opportunity to study part of Greenland's history.

Guanajuato: Accidental modern mummies, they were literally "dug up" between the years 1896 and 1958.  Gallery

Guanche: Found primarily in caves on four of the seven Canary Islands, they once numbered in the thousands; today only a handful remain.

Inka: Mummies of the Incan rulers (artificial mummies) and mountain top sacrifices (accidental mummies) were made from 1438 to 1532, during the reign of the empire.

Kabayan: Found in caves in a rural area of the Philippines (north of Manila), these well-preserved mummies were forgotten until their rediscovery in the early 1900s; then many were stolen.... 

Maronite: A group of natural mummies discovered in the 'Asi-al Hadath cave located in the Qadisha Valley of Lebanon.

Melanesia: Mummies from Australia, Papua New Guinea, and islands in the Torres Strait.

Native American: Accidental mummies been found primarily in caves (or cliff dwellings) in the southwestern part of the United States.

Paracas: Mummification as practiced in the fishing village of Paracas where more than 429 human mummy bundles have been found as well as bundles containing parrots, foxes, dogs, cats, frogs, and deer.

Scythian: Tribes who lived in southern Russia from the eighth to the fourth century B.C., they are known for mummifying their dead kings.

South African: The first and (so far) only mummy ever discovered in South Africa, the mummy appears to be related to the Khoi, the indigenous people of the area.

Xinjiang or Ürümchi : The mummies of the Chinese Turkestan region were found in the driest, saltiest part of Central Asia and date as far back as 4,000 years; they were made by accident--naturally--by the dry climate in the salty Tarim basin.