mummification

Scientists acknowledge that most natural mummification is produced in the absence of water and in the presence of soil that is salty, or rich in nitrates and aluminum.

The Mummies of Guanajuato: Powerful Memento Mori 2001

Scientists acknowledge that most natural mummification is produced in the absence of water and in the presence of soil that is salty, or rich in nitrates and aluminum.

The Mummies of Guanajuato: Powerful Memento Mori 2001

The practice of self-mummification, which is a form of suicide after all, had to be outlawed to prevent Buddhist priests from offing themselves this way.

Archive 2007-07-01 2007

The practice of self-mummification, which is a form of suicide after all, had to be outlawed to prevent Buddhist priests from offing themselves this way.

The Self-Mummified Monks of Japan 2007

Mummies of the World will feature natural mummification, which is when a body was accidentally put through the process.

LAist Zach Behrens 2010

We were excited to see the Egyptian "mummification" exhibit.

Recent Reviews Near San Francisco, CA 2010

If you read the list of ingredients in these buns, this mysterious mummification becomes less of a mystery:

Dr. Joseph Mercola: What's In The Non-Chicken Half Of The McNugget Dr. Joseph Mercola 2011

Indeed, she admits that the mummification process gives her pause.

Waxing Poetic Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011

"Fascinating Mummies" brings together a selection of pieces from the museum centered around mummification and death rituals, including recent cat scans of mummies, revealing previously unseen contents of the sarcophagi.

What's On Around Europe 2012

Gill Scott, the Great North Museum's Egyptology expert, explained to me that both acts "mean that nobody can say her name and revive her spirit in the after-world", and both acts must have been done by somebody closely involved in the mummification process.

British Museum handsomely fulfils its duties to England outside London 2011