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mummy

Any dead body, human or animal, that has been naturally or artificially preserved. Natural mummification can occur through freezing (for example, mammoths in glacial ice from 25,000 years ago), drying, or preservation in bogs or oil seeps. Artificial mummification may be achieved by embalming (for example, the mummies of ancient Egypt) or by freeze-drying (see cryonics).



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At last, by long persevering diplomacy, I have gained the assent of the Directors of the City Museum, to my examination of the Mummy -- you know the one I mean.
Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
President Barbicane reached his house, bruised, crushed, and squeezed almost to a mummy.
From The Earth To The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context
Soon a venerable fossil, shawled to the chin and bandaged like a mummy, appeared at the door of the after deck-house, and the next lurch of the ship shot him into my arms.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
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