mummify

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Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said the workshops had been used to mummify humans and sacred animals.

From Washington Times • May 27, 2023

That gave the animal’s skin a chance to mummify.

From Scientific American • Oct. 14, 2022

Kenneth Tynan summed up his function as dramatic critic in three words: “I mummify transience.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2021

In drier climes, it can mummify for years; in wetter ones, a face becomes a skull in weeks.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2019

“But first, let’s get your ankle healed before we mummify you. Okay?”

From "Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key" by Jack Gantos