In December 2023, archaeologists uncovered a 2,500-year-old mummy near Egypt’s Mediterranean coast with a human-like upper body and a fish-like tail. Found in a stone sarcophagus adorned with engravings of a “Man-Fish of the Sea,” the mummy’s scales and DNA reveal compounds unlike any known species. Could this be evidence of mermaids—or an elaborate ritual artifact of ancient Egypt? Ongoing analyses aim to unravel the mystery

Scientists have recently made an exciting discovery about an old “mermaid mummy” found in Japan. The mummy was originally claimed to be a mermaid caught in a net off the sea off of Tosa, but scientists have conducted various tests to determine what it really is. The results are fascinating and surprising

In a discovery that seems straight out of the oldest legends, a group of archaeologists and scientists found what appears to be a mermaid-shaped mummy buried at a secret archaeological site. The discovery, described as “unique in human history,” has generated both astonishment and fear among the scientific community.

The figure, with a clearly human torso and a detailed fish-like tail, was found wrapped in carefully woven cloth, as if it had been mummified for some ceremonial purpose. The position of the body, with its arms crossed over its chest and a golden mask covering part of its face, suggests that this figure may have had a special status in the culture that buried it.