mummies

     

A mummy is a corpse whose skin an dried flesh have been preserved by either intentional or incidental exposure to chemicals, extreme cold, very low humidity, or lack of air when bodies are submerged in bogs. Mummies of humans and other animals have been found throughout the world, both as a result of natural preservation through unusual conditions, and as cultural artifacts to preserve the dead.

Trivia about mummies

  • They're the embalmed, cloth-wrapped bodies of ancient Egypt; some of them were daddies
  • Byssus is the name of the fine cloth used to keep these under wraps in ancient Egypt
  • (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Machu Picchu, Peru.) The cave beneath the Temple of the Sun is called the Royal Tomb and probably held these remains more associated with Egypt