Egyptian mummies are human (or other animal) bodies that have been preserved after death. In an audio slide show, Egyptologist Salima Ikram describes the steps of a "classic" mummification like those performed on 18th-Dynasty Pharaohs.
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And for those interested in Egyptian mummies...The University of Chicago Library website offers high-resolution scans from a 1912 catalogue of the Cairo Museum's Royal Mummy collection. The publication offers striking photographs of each mummy, accompanied by detailed accounts of their physical condition.The catalogue is:
Smith, G. Elliot; Catalogue General Antiquites Egyptiennes du Musee du Caire: The Royal Mummies, Le Caire : Imprimerie de L'institut Francais D'archeologie Orientale, 1912, Catalogue General Antiquites Egyptiennes du Musee du Caire, DT57.C2 vol 59
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