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The word mummy comes from an Arabic word mumiya witch means bitumen. Bitumen is a black tar like substance.
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What is the technique that is used today to preserve a body after has died for Egyptians?
Sorry, but I don't think we all know yet...
What does mummification mean word related to ancient Egypt?
to extract , as in heating ore to remove iron
The process of covering a body with a chemical and wrapping it in strips of linen to preserve it is called?
The process of preserving a human or animal body with chemicals is called mummification. Mummies have been found on every continent, both as a result of natural mummification (extreme cold, low humidity, or lack of air) or deliberate mummification. The mummies of ancient Egypt are the most well known, but the practice flourished in South America and Asia as well. The oldest mummy is the body of a child found in the Camarones Valley of Chile, dated from around 5050 BCE.
Why was mummification usually used only for pharaoh?
It wasn't. Mummification was used by anyone who could afford it and for animals.
What is the real name of the Mummy in the film The Mummy?
The 1932 The Mummy had the name of Im-Ho-Tep, also known as Ardeth Bey. In the first mummy film, Boris Karloff was the character of the mummy in that film. There was a sequence mummy movies after this and Boris Karloff played the mummy a few more times.
What is mummy wrapping called?
When you wrap a mummy it is called the process of mummification
Who is the god mummifaction?
"Mummification" is not the name of any deity. Mummification (note the different spelling) is a word used for the process of making a once-living human or animal into a mummy and if you were in Egypt Anubis will tell you how in the book but you Will make the mummy yourself
What is the process of preparing a mummy called?
mummification
A sentence with mummification in it?
mummification is a process of preserving dead bodies.
Use mummy in a sentence?
Okay, 'The ancient Egyptians used the mummification process to create a mummy."
What is linen used for mummification?
Linen was used to wrap the mummy.
What type of funeral was held for a mummy?
mummification ceremony or the opining of the mouth ceremony
What can you do for a mummification project?
not sure...but u can make a mummy i guess? or something about egypt!
What does mummy stand for?
There is no acronym for the letters MUMMY.The word "mummy" for an embalmed corpse comes from the Latin mumia, a form of the Arabic word mumiya meaning an embalmed corpse or the embalming material (bitumen)."Mummification" means to preserve by removing bodily fluids, a form of embalming.
Why was the molten resins used in mummification?
Ancient Egyptians would use molten resin to stuff this material in the mummy's body during the process of mummification.
What does mummifacation mean?
Mummification is from ancient Egypt. It was when you had to do all the disgusting steps to making a mummy.
Is mummification a noun?
The word 'mummification' is a noun, a word for a process; a word for a thing.
