mummifyverb [ T ]
uk/ˈmʌm.ɪ.faɪ/us/ˈmʌm.ə.faɪ/to preserve a dead body as a mummy
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Ancient history: before 500 AD
- ancient
- antiquity
- archaic
- Celt
- centurion
- classical
- gladiator
- Grecian
- Hellenic
- Hippocrates
- legion
- mummy
- necropolis
- neoclassical
- Neogene
- Romano-
- Saturnalia
- the Bronze Age
- the Christian era
- the Iron Age
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Burying, cremating and preserving bodies
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- Ancient Egyptians also took as much time and care to mummify their pets as they did with people.
- Ancient Egyptians took about 70 days to mummify a body.
- Archaeologists found several other mummified horses in the area.
- For thousands of years, groups around the world mummified people.
- However, some mummies were naturally mummified.
- It was expensive to pay people to mummify bodies.
- People around the world were mummified in different ways, but all mummies help archaeologists learn about the past.
- Some of these groups also mummified animals.
- Some people mummified dead bodies like the Egyptians did.
- The bodies were naturally mummified thousands of years ago.
- These animals were mummified and covered with bronze.
- They buried people with mummified birds, so the dead could learn in the afterlife.
- They often mummified and buried cats with queens.