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mummies in the Cairo museum animal mummies in the Cairo museum, study
and preserve mummified sacred animals and beloved pets of the Ancient
Egyptians. Learn more about archaeology, ancient Egypt, and mummies |
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CT-scan of a mummy
CT-scan of a mummy |
| Cyber mummy unlock the secrets of a mummy with the help of modern medical imagery, a supercomputer, and an
archeologist |
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mummies Ramses, Sekenenre, Siptah, Nes Ta Neb, Ashru, Thoetmoses,
Ramesses, Sethos, Seti, Merneptah, Yuya, Thuya, Tau a Quen, Toetanchamon,
Amenhotep, Amenophis, Tiye, Echnaton, Achnaton |
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Egyptian mummies
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 |
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Egyptian mummification An Overview of Mummification in Ancient Egypt,
Mummies of Ancient Egypt- The Process and Beyond |
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mummification mummification is the preservation of a body, either
animal or human. Some mummies are preserved wet, some are frozen, and some
are dried |
| Evaluation
of an ancient Egyptian mummy with spiral CT Paankhenamun |
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Howard Carter and the "Curse of the Mummy" Howard Carter,
curse of the mummy |
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Merenre I Merene I |
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Mummified body
the mummified body, after death it was preserved through the process of
mummification, in which it was dried out with salts and wrapped in linen
strips and sheets soaked with resin so that it would remain unchanging and
whole forever |
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Mummies
Overview of Mummies, During the early 19th century many mummies were
destroyed, find out what happened along, Mummification, How was a mummy
prepared? Find out how it was done, Burial the of Mummy, Read about the
burial process after the mummy was prepared for its final resting place, the
tomb |
| Mummies
the mummies |
| Mummies of
ancient Egypt last updated august 6, 1997 |
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Mummies of
the world a mummy, to put it bluntly, is an old dead body. But unlike a
skeleton or a fossil, a mummy still retains some of the soft tissue it had
when it was alive -- most often skin, but sometimes organs and muscles, as
well. This tissue preservation can happen by accident or through human
intervention but, in either case, it occurs when bacteria and fungi are
unable to grow on a corpse and cause its decay |
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Mummification
The preservation of the body was an essential part of ancient Egyptian
funerary practice, since it was to the body that the KA would return in
order to find sustenance. If the body had decayed or was unrecognizable the
ka would go hungry, and the afterlife be jeopardized. Mummification was
therefore dedicated to the prevention of decay, ... |
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Mummy
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Mummy masks
faces of the dead |
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Oasis of the dead
Roman-era tombs southwest of Cairo yield scores of gilded mummies |
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Radiocarbon dating |
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Royal mummies Sequenenre Tao, Ahmose, Tuthmosis I, Tuthmosis II, Hatshepsut, Tuthmosis
III, Amenhotep II, Tuthmosis IV, Amenhotep
III, Armana Mummy, Tutankhamen, Seti I, Rameses II, Merneptah, Seti II, Siptah, Rameses III, Rameses IV, Rameses V,
Rameses VI
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Theban royal mummy project an online catalogue of mummies from the
Theban cache tombs DB 320 & KV 35, plus other royal & non-royal mummies from
the Theban Necropolis, archeological data about New Kingdom and Third
Intermediate Period royal mummies from the Theban cache tombs |
| The clickable
mummy click on different parts of the Mummy to view interesting facts
and information about the mummification process |
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Virtual
mummy unwrapping a mummy by mouse click, You can examine the
reconstruction of the mummy's head here |
| Who
was among the royal mummies? various mummies that have been uncovered |
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