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The first egyptian mummies that were found were placed in simple graves in the desert sand. The bodies dried out due to the hot dryness of the sand and desert.

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What are dried and wrapped bodies?

They are called Mummies.


How many different types of mummies are there?

There are naturally preserved mummies which include:desert mummies , freeze dried mummies/ refrigerated mummies, bog bodies,Deliberately preserved mummies which include:egyptian mummies, chinese mummies, aleutian island mummy , Incan mummies and modern mummies


What are dried and wrapped bodies called?

They are called Mummies.


What did the ancient Egyptians use to stuff into the mummies?

They didn't stuff their mummies, they dried them out with salts and wrapped them in papyrus.


What Mummies Were Perserved By?

Natron, a salt which dried out the body and ended putrification.


What types of mummies are there?

There are naturally preserved mummies which include:desert mummies , freeze dried mummies/ refrigerated mummies, bog bodies,Deliberately preserved mummies which include:egyptian mummies, chinese mummies, aleutian island mummy , Incan mummies and modern mummies


What are adjectives to describe mummies?

Some ways to describe mummies is that they're nasty, filled with toilet paper, ugly (horrible), don't like humans, go to Halloween parties. and some other stuff that i don't know about mummies to describe them.


How did they mummify mummies?

The internal organs are removed and placed into special jars except the brain(which was thrown away) and dried with salts and spices. the body was then dried out for up to three days and then wrapped in linens.


Who first discovered mummies?

Daddies :)


Who were the first to make mummies on purpose?

mummies were "made" by ancient time Egyptians, it was a ceremony to honor the dead


Are pharaohs the same thing as mummies?

No, Pharaoh is the term given to the ancient Egyptian king, whilst a mummy is a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial.


When were the first egyptian mummies made?

the dody is emdalmed