mummify
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The Chinchorro people of northern Chile started to intentionally mummify their dead about 2,000 years before the Egyptians—and thousands of years before that, the Atacama Desert was doing it for them.
From National Geographic ● Aug. 7, 2023
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
That means they used mortuary practices to conserve the bodies rather than leave them to naturally mummify in the dry climate - although some naturally mummified bodies have also been found at the sites.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2021
“But first, let’s get your ankle healed before we mummify you. Okay?”
From "Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key" by Jack Gantos
In honeybees, this fungus causes an illness known as stonebrood disease, which mummifies the young bees.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2023
She was recently packing for a trip to visit Summum, a group in Utah that mummifies pets.
From New York Times ● Oct. 11, 2011
Your team mummifies you with five tight belts.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is often claimed that phosphorus eaten by rats or mice dries up or mummifies the body so that no odor results.
From House Rats and Mice Farmers' Bulletin 896 by David E. Lantz
And, again rightly or wrongly, I have also contended that the hand of purpose deadens and mummifies story.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by George Saintsbury
A mummified male head, right foot and a right hand recovered from the Valley of the Kings in Luxor were also taken out of public view.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
NMS has a large collection of Scottish archaeological remains, external as well as mummified people from Egypt and Peru.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
The Academy Museum wanted the original mummified Mrs. Bates head from Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho,” but there was one problem: She was too fragile to travel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
He remained frozen in the ice until two German hikers stumbled across his mummified remains in 1991 in the northern Italian region of South Tyrol.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
Entering the nave, visitors passed by a chapel on the right-hand side that contained the mummified body of Francisco Pizarro, the romantic, thuggish Spaniard who conquered Peru in the sixteenth century.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Rühli says he believes this could have inspired ancient Egyptians to start mummifying their honored dead.
From National Geographic ● Aug. 7, 2023
As for the legacy or genealogy side of things, there are chasmic unknowns to mummifying yourself in the digital world.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2022
That's the question my Food52 colleagues asked when they saw me mummifying avocado halves in plastic wrap to prepare them for life eternal in the freezer.
From Salon ● May 15, 2021
From birds to crocodiles, lions and beetles, the ancient Egyptians had a penchant for mummifying animals.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 20, 2020
“We’re collecting materials for our Great Tomb Project. We’d like to keep our things here until we need them. We’re mummifying someone this week.”
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
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