Egyptians: the masters of mummification ... high salt content of the region had helped to prevent decay. The mummies were wrapped in cloth, seaweed, leaves, grass matting and furs.

Lady Chenet-aa was wrapped in expensive layers ... The Field Museum also had conversations with Egyptian representatives about returning the mummies to Egypt, but those officials requested that ...

The first "artificial" Egyptian mummies were made around 3000 B.C. These ... The last step was to coat the mummy in warm resin and wrap it from head to foot in layer after layer of linen strips.

Ancient Egyptians who could afford it prepared ... Priests became salesmen, offering simply wrapped mummies as well as more elaborate ones for people who could spend more—or thought they should.

Two ancient Egyptian mummies have made an intrepid visit to Manchester for ... The body would have been washed and purified, the organs removed, then stuffed and dried before being wrapped in long ...

Archaeologists discovered more than a dozen mummies older than 2,000 years with tongues made from golden amulets. Ancient Egyptians’ idea behind the golden tongues was that they would help the ...

In ancient Egypt, wood for coffins was scarce and expensive ... scientists or collectors. Sellers put well-wrapped mummies into coffins from different tombs to encourage people to buy them. The ...

The Egyptian mummy arrived in Calcutta in 1882 and was mentioned in the ... The body of the mummy is seen wrapped in cloth, the arms tied down to the sides. The flesh of the face and head has crumbled ...