A 2,000-year-old mummy was found dumped in the trash in Yemen with its insides ripped out

Fri, 03/10/2023 - 07:38

The mummy is shown wrapped in animal hide, placed on a white plastic sheet. The body is curled up on itself. — The mummy found in the trash in Yemen.
Yemen General Organization of Antiquities and Museums

A 2,000-year-old mummy was found dumped in the trash in Yemen.
Local officials said the mummy was likely abandoned by grave robbers and antiquities smugglers.
The mummy is now decaying and officials are rushing to try to reverse the damage.

A mummy believed to be around 2,000 years old has been found dumped in the trash in Yemen's capital Sanaa with its insides ripped out.

Yemen's General Organization of Antiquities and Museums (GOAM) on Wednesday blamed "tomb robbers and antiquities traffickers" for exhuming the artifact.