Scientists now say that Iceman died from head wound (guardian.co.uk)

"Researchers studying Iceman, the 5,000-year-old mummy found frozen in the Italian Alps, now believe he died of head trauma, not the wound of an arrow. Two months ago, researchers in Switzerland published an article in the Journal of Archaeological Science saying the man known as Oetzi died after an arrow tore a hole in an artery beneath his left collarbone, leading to massive blood loss, shock and heart attack. But radiologists, pathologists and other researchers, using new forensic information and CAT scans, now say they believe blood loss from the arrow wound only made Oetzi lose consciousness. They now say he died either from hitting his head on a rock when he passed out or because his attacker hit him in the head. The researchers presented their findings Monday at the Institute for Mummies and the Iceman at the European Academy in Bolzano. The institute was launched in July to coordinate research into Oetzi, whose remains are housed in a nearby museum. In a statement, the academy said the findings reopened the debate over Oetzi's death, particularly since they took into account the way his body was found: face down, with his left arm across his chest. The researchers believe he fell backward, but was turned onto his stomach by his attacker, who then pulled out his arrow - leaving the arrowhead imbedded in Oetzi's shoulder...."

Man missing for three years found mummified in Darlaston shed (mysanantonio.com)

"A man who split up from his wife and disappeared without trace for around three years was found mummified and locked in a shed yards from his Black Country home. Diane Bradley told an inquest yesterday she told David Bradley to leave the family's Darlaston home because of his excessive drinking. She said: 'I had no idea where he had gone. He told me he was going to leave for the coast.' But the father-of-two's body was discovered earlier this year in sheds near the flat where he lived with his wife and children in Brunel Court, Cobden Street. He was discovered when the sheds were being cleared out by council officials after concerns they were not being used enough. Mr Bradley, who was in his late 40s when he died, was found in the sleeping position but due to the decomposition it was not possible for Home Office pathologist Professor Helen Whitwell to determine a cause of death...."

Studying the Guanajuato mummies (mysanantonio.com)

"The dead of Guanajuato's famed mummy museum are slowly giving up their secrets to a team of American anthropologists, who are dispelling some myths and adding texture about the life and culture of people whose remains are now part of a major tourist attraction in the Central Mexico silver mining town. The dead include a physician, who was dressed in the finest clothing of his time, a newborn boy who went to his coffin dressed in saintly garb, and a 24-week-old fetus that possibly is the youngest embalmed human known to anthropologists. They were among 22 mummies that got detailed exams in May by three scientists, including forensic anthropologist Jerry Melbye of Texas State University-San Marcos, who were invited by Guanajuato Mayor Eduardo Romero Hicks to examine mummies that were removed from the city's above-ground crypts during the past 100 years...."

Another article: "Scientists from universities in Texas and Connecticut are examining a collection of more than 100 mummies accidentally preserved in Mexico. The researchers will try to unlock secrets of everyday life in a small Mexican silver mining town. The bodies were apparently mummified by oppressive heat while stored in aboveground crypts in Guanajuato, Mexico. They were found between about 1865 and the mid-1950s and now are part of a museum...."

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Mummified baby from Toronto gets name and burial (thestar.com)

"He has a name now, and plans are underway for his funeral. For more than 80 years, the newborn baby was a secret, buried beneath the floorboards of a home on Kintyre Ave. near Queen St. E. and Broadview Ave. Baby Kintyre – named by the home renovator who found his mummified remains last month – will be one of the first buried through a program that began earlier this year aimed at giving unidentified babies dignity, said Ellen Campbell, executive director of the Canadian Centre for Abuse Awareness, a non-profit organization. 'This is the earliest stage of abuse, when a child is discarded and not identified, not given any dignity,' said Campbell, who came up with the idea of the program about a year ago. Each year, about two babies in Ontario remain unidentified at the Toronto morgue, said Dr. Jim Cairns, Ontario's deputy chief coroner.... In July, a home renovator found Baby Kintyre's mummified remains wrapped in a blanket and newspaper dated Sept. 15, 1925. It is believed the full-term baby died around that time. A post-mortem examination found no signs of foul play.... "

First mummy museum on the Arabian Peninsula to open in Yemen later this year (yobserver.com)

"The General Authority for Antiquities and Museums is working to launch the Taweelah Museum of Mummies this year in Mahweet. It will be the first regional museum for embalmed mummies on the Arabian Peninsula. Maintenance and refurbishment studies have been finalized to begin the preparation of the museum’s antique building, which is expected to be located in the Taweelah district of Mahweet governorate. 'While we were surveying the archaeological and historic sites, we found many rocky cemeteries that have many mummies. Thus, the idea of mummies’ museum came up in order to keep them in a good way and show them to others,' said Mohammed Qassim, Director of the GAAM office in Mahweet. The museum is expected to exhibit mummies discovered in rocky cemeteries in Mahweet dated back to the beginnings of the history, Qassim explained...."

Two Egyptian mummies from Davenport's Putnam Museum undergo CT-scans (siouxcityjournal.com)

"Medical scans of two Egyptian mummies in a Davenport museum confirm the remains are that of a woman and man. The mummies underwent CT, or computed tomography, scans at a local hospital last week, uncovering clues into the mummification process but leaving other questions unanswered about the mummies' past, such as exactly when these people lived and how they died. The scans verified the mummies' gender and examined puncture holes, incisions and rolled-up linens, said Eunice Schlichting, curator at the Putnam Museum. The scans show the male mummy, who's wrapped in its original linens, was a young adult when he died...."

Maui police investigate mummified body (thehawaiichannel.com)

"Maui police are investigating a body found in Kahikinui. A helicopter retrieved the decomposed body of a woman on Tuesday morning from a remote area near the ocean, after a hunter discovered the remains late Monday afternoon, according to the Maui News....."