mummy

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During Greco-Roman times, Egyptian artists were called upon to inscribe funerary spells on linen mummy bandages.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

To investigate the source of mummy scents, researchers examined the air surrounding extremely small mummy fragments about the size of a peppercorn.

From Science Daily • Mar. 16, 2026

There are other marvelous mummy portraits, of course, along with many that are less well done, approximately a thousand of them in museums and private collections in Egypt, Europe and the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

"Because Rachel wanted to get in there and get that money for mummy and what she wanted it for meant that it meant so much more than just the money," she added.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

I tried to roll away from the direction of the light, but hands wrapped round my limbs like mummy bands, and I couldn't move.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath