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The mummy of King Tutankhamun, the 19-year-old pharaoh whose life and death have captivated audiences ever since his gilded tomb was discovered in 1922, went on public display for the first time in November 2007. He was placed in a climate-controlled box ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/25919512/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/eight-gre...
Mummies from thousands of years ago and around the world show evidence of clogged arteries, new research finds. The findings, published Sunday (Mar. 10) in the journal The Lancet, suggest that atherosclerosis, a form of heart disease wherein calcium ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/51129255/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/ancient-m...
Mummies found off the coast of Scotland are Frankenstein-like composites of several corpses, researchers say. This mixing of remains was perhaps designed to combine different ancestries into a single lineage, archaeologists speculated. The bodies were ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/48123087/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/bronze-ag...
Around 1599, Capuchin monks discovered that the catacombs under the church of Santa Maria della Pace (Our Lady of Peace) on the outskirts of Palermo were ideal for preserving the dead. For the following three centuries or so, monks drained and dried more ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/44860350/ns/travel-news/t/top-mummies-worth-traveling/...
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Mummy study shows clogged arteries are nothing new - Vitalshttp://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/130308-mummy-02.grid-6x3.jpg
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Updated May. 23, 2013
A mummy is a human or animal whose skin and organs have been preserved by either intentional or incidental exposure to chemicals, extreme cold (ice mummies), very low ...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummy
Updated May. 21, 2013
An illustrated insight into mummies of Ancient Egypt. Topics include the mummification process, the burial of a mummy, the examination, and more.http://www.kingtutone.com/mummies/
Updated May. 22, 2013
Information about mummymaking and mummies in ancient Egypt and around the world for readers, writers, & learners of all ageshttp://www.mummytombs.com/
Updated May. 21, 2013
Part of a web-based Ancient Egypt curriculum intended for the sixth grade level. This page focuses specifically on mummies and the mummification process.http://www.angelfire.com/wi/egypt/mummy.html
