Scientists around the world are eyeing what they describe as a newly designated "mummy zone," where exceptionally preserved bodies are revealing extraordinary insights into the past.

It's not in Egypt. It's actually just outside Lusk, Wyoming.

And these mummies aren’t ancient people or pharaohs.

The “mummy zone” has produced two prehistoric mummies from Lusk that are the subject of new research published by a team of paleontologists from the University of Chicago.

The 67-million-year-old fossils, complete with soft tissue preservation, have fleshed out dinosaurs in an unprecedented way.

Paul Sereno, the lead author of the new research, found the Edmontosaurus mummies in 2000 and has found new dinosaurs all over the world.

Now Sereno is itching to get back to Lusk to see what beau

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