Mummy

A mummy is a corpse whose skin and flesh have been preserved by deliberate or accidental exposure to chemicals, extreme cold or dryness, or airlessness.

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The best-known mummies are those that have been deliberately embalmed with the specific purpose of preservation, particularly those in ancient Egypt. Egyptians believed the body was home to a person's Ka which was essential in one's afterlife. In Egypt, the bodies were covered in natron to speed up the process of dehydration, and to prevent decomposition.

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In China, preserved corpses have been recovered from submerged cypress coffins packed with medicinal herbs.

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Mummies formed as a result of naturally occurring environmental conditions, such as extreme cold (?tzi the Iceman), acid (Tollund Man) or desiccating dryness have been found all over the world. Some of the best-preserved mummies formed under natural conditions date from the Inca period in Peru.

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Corpse: REDIRECT Cadaver...

Skin: :For alternate meanigns see skin (disambiguation)...

Flesh: In vertebrate animals, excluding fish, flesh is the colloquial for biological tissue which consists of skeletal muscles, fat, and organs as opposed to bones, viscera and integuments....

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