Outlines the process of mummification as applied in modern and ancient times, as well as in natural circumstances such as ice or peat bogs.
Photographs and descriptions of remains found in Europe, China, Egypt and South America. Includes an explanation of both intentional and accidental mummification.
Features illustrated details of these 3000-year-old bodies found in a remote Chinese desert.
Describes the discovery of ancient remains in the Tarim Basin area of China, and compares them to similar finds in Egypt.
Dr Dig provides answers about Tollund Man, Ötzi the Ice Man, and why mummification in Egypt took 70 days.
A ThinkQuest project presents illustrated information about bodies that have been intentionally or accidentally preserved in sand, tar, mud, ice or peat. Includes a reference crypt and a mummy recipe.
An illustrated feature from Archaeology on the remains of many hundreds of people which have come to light during peat cutting in northwestern Europe.
Archaeological expedition in search of frozen sacrifices on the summit of Sara Sara in Peru.
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