CT-scan for Vancouver's oldest resident reveals severe skull fracture (canada.com)

"He's been tightly bound with sheets of linen for more than 1,700 years, but yesterday modern technology provided a phenomenal glimpse into the life and death of Vancouver's resident mummy. Penechates, the mummified boy believed to have been roughly 10 when he died in about 300 AD in Egypt, was given a CT -- computed tomography -- scan...[which  revealed that] 'he was really bashed or hit himself on top of the head....' "

Re-trial ordered for Siberian doctor accused of illegally selling cadavers to Von Hagens for plastination (sltrib.com)

"A board of appeal from the Novosibirsk regional court has ordered a re-trial of the head of the Novosibirsk regional bureau of forensic medicine, Vladimir Novosyolov. In 2003 Novosyolov was acquitted of all charges related to the sale of corpses to the contoversial German artist Gunther von Hagens. In July 2004 the regional court upheld the ruling. A lengthy examination into the unlawful shipment of 56 unclaimed corpses to Germany by Siberian medics ended in 2003 with the full acquittal of the defendants. The charges brought against 14 top managers and medical personnel at several Novosibirsk hospitals and medical schools were dropped before the trial even began."

A well-preserved dinosaur--with skin!--found in Utah (sltrib.com)

"The hadrosaur was a big and plentiful dinosaur that once browsed on the lush vegetation on the coastal plain covering southern Utah. On Saturday, 75 million years later, a handful of people had the opportunity to see the skull of one of the dinosaurs protruding from a ridge in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Alan Titus explained the significance of the sight.
'It's a fossilized bag of bones with the guts rotted out,' said Titus, a paleontologist for the monument who discovered the fossilized skull in September 2003...[but] the find is significant because of the preservation of the skin, a rare find."

Mummified body found under apartment floor boards (mainichi.co.jp)

"A mummified body was found in an apartment here by an exterminator looking for termites, police said. The body, which was in a mummified state, appeared to be that of a man, and police said it was likely several years had passed since his death."

Investigating a mummy's curse...and a haunting at the Hancock Museum (pressbox.co.uk)

"A 2,500 year old Mummy named IRT-IRW is housed at the famous Hancock Museum in Newcastle and she carries a curse. The Mummy was found by Napoleon in 1798 and in 1830 she was unwrapped and her Red hair and long nails were fully preserved. Now on Friday 1st October a team of Ghosthunters lead by Dean Maynard are stopping overnight to investigate stories of a curse and that late at night her spirit walks the dark corridors."

 Tracking the mummified head of Joaquín Murieta and other folk tales concerning the famous California bandit (modbee.com)

"One story goes that when Joaquín Murieta was buying some chain mail, he first made the seller don the armor, then fired a pistol at him. Seeing that the chain mail successfully stopped the slug, the bandit gladly paid up. Then there’s the tale — one of many casting him in a Robin Hood role — of Murieta stopping at the home of a woman whose husband was part of the posse out chasing him. He breakfasted with her and learned from her that the bank was going foreclose on the home that very day. Before departing, Murieta revealed his identity and gave her $2,200 to pay the bank. And if there’s one thing that rings a bell with anyone who’s heard even a little about the legendary post-Gold Rush bandit, it’s that his severed head, preserved in a jar of whiskey, was displayed throughout the state after Murieta died in a gunbattle with California Rangers."

More on the mummified remains found at the ancient Indian settlement Ancient settlement should help solve mysteries of the Fremont people (trivalleyherald.com)

"Among recent finds are a paddle-like wood shovel; a rare bundle of arrow shafts, found wedged in a canyon wall; a perfectly preserved beehive-shaped granary with a cap stone, still a third full with piles of parched wild grass seed and corn; and a pair of human remains from surrounding federal land. The remains were covered with soil and left in place. A few weeks ago Wilcox showed some American Indian leaders how he kept the ancient sites undisturbed "so I won't take the blame 20 years from now." Among items taken by other, previous landowners from the canyon are unfired clay figurines, usually impressed with facsimiles of hair bobs and jewelry."

Author Mary Roach: Captivated by Cadavers (statesmanjournal.com)

"Roach’s best-selling book was named one of New York Times’ top picks for 2003 for a reason — the book is mesmerizing, funny and emotional all at once. Roach’s book explores the way cadavers have historically and are currently used in society. From medicinal cannibalism and body snatching to organ donor recovery and the embalming process, cadavers’ many uses are thoroughly explored."

Mummy Tombs Review of Mary Roach's book, Stiff

30 people agree to donate their bodies to Von Hagens' plastination institute (abc7.com)

"Thirty people have agreed to donate their bodies after seeing an exhibition at the California Science Center, the scientist who invented the preservation technique employed said Wednesday."

Additional article: Americans Pledge Ultimate Gift to German Scientist (yahoo.com)

Egyptians mummified animals with care (bbc.co.uk) with photos

"The recipes used by ancient Egyptians for mummifying animals were just as complicated as those they applied to dead people, new research shows. It suggests Egyptians took just as much care when preparing pets for the next world as they did with their owners."

Additional articles: 

Ancient Egyptians treated dead animals just as well as relatives (nature.com) with photos

Egyptian Animals Were Mummified Same Way as Humans (nationalgeographic.com) with photos

Warming of Himalayan glacier reveals well-preserved body of woman (keralanext.com)

"The frozen body of a foreigner found on a 19,000 ft high Himalayan glacier in Himachal Pradesh is being brought to this state capital for forensic tests to ascertain her identity, officials said here Wednesday. According to reports, she is believed to be a Swedish woman who went missing in the region in the summer of 1981 along with her American friend."

Descendant fights to stop exhibition of relative's mummified body parts (eadt.co.uk)

"The family of one of East Anglia's most infamous murderers may soon be given the opportunity to hold a memorial service in his name - almost 200 years after the notorious Red Barn killer was hanged.... The Murder in the Red Barn has gripped generations for almost 200 years. The body of Maria Marten was found in a shallow grave in Polstead almost a year after she first went missing. ...Corder was found guilty of murder and sentenced to a public death by hanging. His skeleton was kept while the scalp and part of his skin was preserved. The surgeon, George Creed, later had an account of the trial bound in leather made from the murderer's skin - now on show in Moyse's Hall Museum in Bury St Edmunds."

Famous Chinese mummy, Lady Dai, stars in new documentary (chinadaily.com.cn) with photo

"The body of 'Lady Dai,' a noble woman from the Western Han Dynasty which ruled 2,100 years ago, is housed in the state-of-the -art Hunan Museum in Changsha, Central China's Hunan Province. Flocks of visitors arrive every day to view the wonder. Just how did the ancient morticians embalm her - what materials did they use? The body is so well preserved, it can be autopsied by pathologists and shows similar results from a cadaver of a recently deceased human being. Intrigued? Well, you do not have to make the long trip to Changsha and see for yourself. A new documentary called 'Diva Mummy,' is currently being screened by the National Geographic Channel, and features two other almost equally well preserved ancient Chinese bodies of the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220). The programme kicks off the channel's 'Most Amazing Discoveries' series."

More on worker who stole 157-pounds of preserved body parts Worker enters into plea deal requiring two years of prison, still faces civil law suits (davisenterprise.com)

"A former autopsy technician has pleaded no contest to charges stemming from the gruesome discovery last year of human remains at his Davis home and storage unit.... A self-taught autopsy technician, Beale used the remains to practice his skills, authorities said. He reportedly told them he had collected the parts over a 15-year-period. He did not keep records of the body parts and only two bodies from the remains have been positively identified."

157 pounds of preserved human remains, including two heads, recovered from former university autopsy assistant (montereyherald.com)

"A former autopsy assistant at the University of California at Davis Medical Center pleaded guilty to charges related to the theft of human remains from the hospital, prosecutors said.... Investigators eventually recovered 157 pounds of human remains, including two well-preserved heads that Beale said had come from bodies donated to science. He said he wanted the heads for use in practicing his dissection skills."

Bits and pieces of human remains preserved from WTC, awaiting technological advances in identification (nationalreview.com)

"19,915. 9,429. 10,486. These are some of the most telling numbers related to Sept. 11. They are, respectively, the number of human remains recovered from Ground Zero, the number of remains identified with one of the 2,752 victims, and the number of remains that are still unidentified to this day."

The Peruvian mummy that inspired Munch's 'The Scream?' (discovery.com)

"An Inca mummy kept in a Florentine museum might have been a source of inspiration for Edvard Munch's painting 'The Scream,' an Italian anthropologist claims. Bearing a striking resemblance to Munch's now stolen painting, the mummy was rediscovered as Florence's Museum of Natural History began to carry out scientific investigations such as CT scans on its collection of Peruvian mummies."