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A '''mummy''' is a body preserved by chemical processes or special natural circumstances, often in the belief that the deceased will need it again in the afterlife.  In ancient [[Egypt]], the bodies of people who could afford mummification underwent a complex process of removing organs, filling body cavities, dehydrating the corpse with natron, and then wrapping the body with linen bandages and enclosing it in a wooden sarcophagus.  Many of these mummies have survived until our modern day.

A '''mummy''' is a body preserved by chemical processes or special natural circumstances, often in the belief that the deceased will need it again in the afterlife.  In ancient [[Egypt]], the bodies of people who could afford mummification underwent a complex process of removing organs, filling body cavities, dehydrating the corpse with natron, and then wrapping the body with linen bandages and enclosing it in a wooden sarcophagus.  Many of these mummies have survived until our modern day. The earliest known egyptian "mummified" individual dates back to approximately 3300 BC

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