An eccentric playboy's astounding natural history collection.

Ruins of the laboratory where a mysterious doctor invented an embalming fluid and stored his mummies.

The self-mummified monks of Japan.

The mummified relic of St. Catherine sits forever on a golden throne.

Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.

Ho Chi Minh's perfectly preserved body has been on display here since 1975.

The body of St. John Neumann and his collection of hundreds of relics, on display in a Philly church.

The mummified right fist of a 1,000-year-old saint-king sits inside an ornate golden reliquary.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

Mummies preserved naturally for seven centuries.

Iron Age "bog person" preserved for over 2,300 years.

Buddhist monk remarkably preserved because he started the mummification process while still living.

Museum about life, death, and cannibalism in the Stone Age.

Self-mummified monk who wears sunglasses and has become a gecko hatchery.

How did the right arm of a 13th-century English bishop wind up in a Connecticut church?

Reportedly 1,400 years old, this may be the first of the Fiji Mermaids.

Preserved "bog person" that is over 2,000 years old.

Lemon Grove, California is known for its giant lemon...and mummified bodies.

The forgotten mummies of Dakhla oasis.

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

This 80-year old mannequin is so lifelike it is believed to be an embalmed corpse.

Ample proof that watery ends make for well-preserved, millenia-old mummies.

Twelve natural mummies are displayed in the crypt of this former monastery school.