tree

Corpse sits in city tree for several weeks before pedestrian spots it

The corpse of a man has been discovered in a tree in a residential area in Mönchengladbach, in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Berlin

Mysterious mummified body discovered in Berlin Hindu temple

The police and fire brigade have extracted a mummified body from a Hindu temple in the district of Neukölln, Berlin.

Egypt

Attic 'mummy' mystery solved - it was plastic

The mystery of a supposedly ancient mummy found in a German attic by a ten-year-old boy has been solved – it is made from plastic but the skull is real.

archaeology

Mummy found in attic could be 2,000 years old

Experts say a mummy that a ten-year-old boy found in his grandfather's attic is probably about 2,000 years old. Criminal investigators have been examining the body since the boy found it in his granddad's house a month ago.

History

Alpine hikers get finder's fee for Stone Age mummy Ötzi

After a 15-year legal struggle, an Italian regional government will reward €150,000 to a German couple who discovered one of the best-preserved mummies from the Stone Age.