Throughout the middle ages, “mummy,” made by pounding mummified bodies, was a standard product of apothecary shops In course of time it was forgotten that the virtue of mummy lay in the bitumen, and spurious mummy was made from the bodies of felons and suicides. A mummy is a person or animal whose body has been dried or otherwise preserved after death. The methods of embalming, or treating the dead body, that the ancient egyptians used is called mummification Using special processes, the egyptians removed all moisture from the body, leaving only a dried form that would not easily decay The meaning of mummy is a body embalmed or treated for burial with preservatives in the manner of the ancient egyptians.
A mummy is a dead body whose skin and dried flesh have been preserved over an extended time period This may be accomplished by either intentional or accidental exposure to chemicals, extreme cold, very low humidity, or lack of air when bodies are submerged in bogs. But where does the name come from Mummy comes from the latin word mumia borrowed from the arabic mumiya This refers to the bitumen used to help preserve the bodies of. In ancient egypt, a “mummy” refers to the preserved body of a deceased person treated through an elaborate methodical process known as mummification—a practice integral to egyptian burial customs and deeply rooted in their religious beliefs concerning the afterlife.
But in fact, a mummy can refer to any body that has had its tissue preserved after death. Brendan fraser, who played rick o'connell, led 'the mummy' saga from 1999 to 2008 Here's everything to know about the franchise's next installment, 'the mummy 4,' starring fraser and rachel weisz. [from 17th c.] quotations 1832, royal society (great britain), abstracts of the papers printed in the philosophical transactions of the royal society of london, from.
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