Mummy - Wikipedia A mummy is a dead human or an animal whose soft tissues and organs have been preserved by either intentional or accidental exposure to chemicals, extreme cold, very low humidity, or lack of air, so that the recovered body does not decay further if kept in cool and dry conditions
Mummy | Definition, History, Facts | Britannica Throughout the Middle Ages, “mummy,” made by pounding mummified bodies, was a standard product of apothecary shops In course of time it was forgotten that the virtue of mummy lay in the bitumen, and spurious mummy was made from the bodies of felons and suicides
The Mummy (1999) - IMDb At an archaeological dig in the ancient city of Hamunaptra, an American serving in the French Foreign Legion accidentally awakens a mummy who begins to wreak havoc as he searches for the reincarnation of his long-lost love
Mummy History A mummy is a person or animal whose body has been dried or otherwise preserved after death
Egyptian Mummies - Smithsonian Institution The methods of embalming, or treating the dead body, that the ancient Egyptians used is called mummification Using special processes, the Egyptians removed all moisture from the body, leaving only a dried form that would not easily decay It was important in their religion to preserve the dead body in as life-like a manner as possible
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Let’s learn about mummies The word “mummy” conjures images of gold-coated, bandage-wrapped bodies, hidden away in pyramids These mummies come complete with mazes and hieroglyphs and maybe a curse or two But in fact, a mummy can refer to any body that has had its tissue preserved after death
The origins of mummification in ancient Egypt - Australian Museum The word ‘mummy’ refers to the dead body of a person or an animal that has not decayed due to specific natural or artificial conditions The word itself is derived from the Persian Arabic word mummiya, meaning ‘tar’ or ‘bitumen’ When the Arabs encountered the Egyptian mummies in the seventh century CE they thought they were covered in tar Although the Egyptians did occasionally
8 Facts about Mummies — Google Arts Culture Are you my mummy? But where does the name come from? Mummy comes from the Latin word mumia borrowed from the Arabic mumiya This refers to the bitumen used to help preserve the bodies of