These 17th century monks chose to slowly mummify themselves over a decade to achieve enlightenment...all so they could help ...

Why did these monks in Japan choose to mummify themselves? The sacred mountains of Yamagata are home to 13 sokushinbutsu, who are believed to be in a state of deep meditation between life and death.

A dozen other mermaid mummies have been found around Japan and are assumed to have been created during the country’s historical Edo period, which stretched from 1603-1868.

The mummy also resembles a Japanese monster called a Ningyo, LiveScience reported, which are fish creatures with human heads. Both types of creatures are associated with long life and miraculous ...

A mummified "mermaid" was caught in a fishing net in the 1700s and kept as a sacred object in Japan. Researchers discovered the mysterious artifact was made of bones, pufferfish skin, and animal hair.

In 2022, researchers discovered the mermaid, which is around 12 inches (30.5 centimeters) long, lying inside a sealed wooden box within a Japanese temple, located in Okayama Prefecture.At the time ...

Japanese Mermaid Mummy Revealed to Be Paper Mache A revered Japanese relic turned out to be a fraud, but not before it helped to sustain the 170-year following of Amabie the bird-mermaid. By Matt ...

Similar mummies have been found across Japan and are thought to have been created during the Edo-period. “Based on our analysis and the history of mummy creation in Japan, ...