mummy:

See G. E. Smith and W. R. Dawson, Egyptian Mummies (1924, repr. 1988); H. McCracken, God's Frozen Children (1930); R. A. Martain, Mummies (1945); D. Brothwell, The Bog Man and the Archaeology of People (1987); E. W. Barber, The Mummies of Ürümchi (1999); B. Fowler, Iceman (2000).

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• Mummification in Egypt
• Mummification in Other Parts of the World
• Natural Mummification
• Bibliography

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