mummified

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New research now shows that the distinctive musty scent of mummified remains holds valuable clues about how these elaborate burial rituals were carried out.

From Science Daily • Mar. 16, 2026

Highlights include the larger-than-life granite kneeling statue of Queen Hatshepsut from her terraced temple at Deir el-Bahri and a mummified crocodile that measures over eight feet long.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025

An adjacent room showcases two small mummified princesses -- Tutankhamun's daughters who died before birth -- also on public display for the first time.

From Barron's • Nov. 4, 2025

Their partially mummified bodies were found at their home by maintenance workers at their gated Santa Fe community.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2025

I stand there looking at her, all mummified in the sheets.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett