mummies in English

noun
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(especially in ancient Egypt) a body of a human being or animal that has been ceremonially preserved by removal of the internal organs, treatment with natron and resin, and wrapping in bandages.
The Tutankhamun CT scan project was only the first step in a five-year endeavor to scan and preserve the ancient mummies of Egypt, many of which are crumbling.

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1. For we are all like Egyptian mummies, strapped for time. 16.

2. The Lance Formation is the setting of two edmontosaur "mummies".

3. Many mummies have been found in the Silk Road.

4. Another difference between Bog bodies and Egyptian mummies is the bodies themselves

5. It would be a pity she would end up, like those mummies out there.

6. Another difference between bog Bodies and Egyptian mummies is the Bodies themselves

7. The Blindfold is a Hardmode accessory that has a 1% / 2% (1/100 / 1/50) chance to drop from Corrupt Slimes, Slimelings, Shadow Slimes ( ), Crimslimes ( ), Dark Mummies, and Blood Mummies

8. Bog Bodies are “accidental mummies,” preserved by the natural chemistry of the bog

9. Over one million animal mummies have been found in Egypt, many of which are cats.

10. Bog bodies are “accidental mummies,” preserved by the natural chemistry of the Bog

11. Soak up the antiquities of ancient Egypt, from monumental pyramids to royal mummies.

12. The Tarim mummies, found in present-day China, were Anhydrated naturally by searing desert conditions.

13. The team did not have the opportunity to compare the mummies with baboons in Yemen.

14. From booby Barmaids to yummy mummies, they’ve all got one thing – well, two things – in common

15. Thousands of Inca mummies were found at an ancient cemetery under a shantytown near Lima in 200

16. Great bolts of cloth are tucked away on ledges behind him, where they look just as snug as mummies.

17. This analysis is very important since the bodies of the incorruptibles have been erroneously classified by many as natural mummies.

18. But like the movie mummies who invoke the malediction, the legend of the mummy's curse seems destined never to die.

19. These were not the wizened and eviscerated pharaohs wrapped in yards of dusty gauze that one normally pictures when mummies are mentioned.

20. Thousands of ancient Inca mummies, some bundled together in small groups with their possessions, have been discovered beneath a shantytown near Lima, Peru.

21. We should remember this later when we uncover fairly grisly evidence for possible human sacrifice in the burial of mummies from Zaghunluq.

22. 4 These were not the wizened and eviscerated pharaohs wrapped in yards of dusty gauze that one normally pictures when mummies are mentioned.

23. You didn't have to share Tom Wolfe's "tiny mummies" disdain for the New Yorker's heritage to feel that the times demanded madder humor and stronger stimulants.

24. The Mummies of Urumchi Make the New York Times! In accordance with international law and practice, real Adscription of territory means a country governs a region sustainedly and effectively.

25. In addition to the well-known mummies of ancient Egypt, deliberate mummification was a feature of several ancient cultures in areas of America and Asia with very dry climates.

26. The Arisen, otherwise known as mummies and the Deathless, are ancient humans cursed with immortality through the Rite of Return, empowering them and allowing them to reanimate from death via the flow of Sekhem

27. We even have some preliminary evidences that these microorganisms may still be active in the desiccated state, like walking mummies all around us, and that they may be using UV radiation as a source of energy.

28. It was found in the Deir el-Bahri Cache, hidden with the mummies of numerous New Kingdom kings and nobles in or after the late 22nd dynasty above the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut and is now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

29. The often-seen queues at the entrance of the South Tyrol Museum of Archeology in Bolzano are evidence: that this is a place to admire a special find that attracts thousands of people: Ötzi, the man from the ice.Since 1998, the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology has had this crowd-puller on view, which is older than all the Egyptian mummies.