https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A perfectly preserved mummified bishop who died in the 17th century and was unearthed last year has been given a second funeral, after crowds queued to see him at a museum in southern Sweden earlier this week. https://www.thelocal.se/20151211/mummy-bishop-drives-masses-to-swedish-town Fri, 11 Dec 2015 17:26:15 +0100 mummy-bishop-drives-masses-to-swedish-town A virtual post mortem has revealed that the Gebelein Man, a 5,500-year-old Egyptian mummy kept at the British Museum in London for over a century, was probably stabbed in the back with a sharp weapon. https://www.thelocal.se/20121117/44480 Sat, 17 Nov 2012 13:25:00 +0100 44480 A team of scientists are currently examining specimens of stomach bacteria from Ötzi the Iceman, who lived about 5,300 years ago, at Stockholm's Karolinska Institute (KI). https://www.thelocal.se/20101222/31018 Wed, 22 Dec 2010 14:58:00 +0100 31018