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A type of moss often found in bogs also helps mummify bodies, Mulhall adds.

From National Geographic ● Aug. 7, 2023

Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said the workshops had been used to mummify humans and sacred animals.

From Washington Times ● May 27, 2023

That gave the animal’s skin a chance to mummify.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 14, 2022

That means they used mortuary practices to conserve the bodies rather than leave them to naturally mummify in the dry climate - although some naturally mummified bodies have also been found at the sites.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2021

“But first, let’s get your ankle healed before we mummify you. Okay?”

From "Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key" by Jack Gantos

In honeybees, this fungus causes an illness known as stonebrood disease, which mummifies the young bees.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2023

She was recently packing for a trip to visit Summum, a group in Utah that mummifies pets.

From New York Times ● Oct. 11, 2011

Your team mummifies you with five tight belts.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is often claimed that phosphorus eaten by rats or mice dries up or mummifies the body so that no odor results.

From House Rats and Mice Farmers' Bulletin 896 by David E. Lantz

And, again rightly or wrongly, I have also contended that the hand of purpose deadens and mummifies story.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by George Saintsbury

Painted on wood, it was attached to his mummified body, a reminder that magic didn’t always have the power to work miracles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

NMS has a large collection of Scottish archaeological remains, external as well as mummified people from Egypt and Peru.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

The complete mummified male dog was determined to be at least 1,200 years old, making it the oldest radiocarbon-dated specimen recovered from Castillo de Huarmey so far.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

The Academy Museum wanted the original mummified Mrs. Bates head from Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho,” but there was one problem: She was too fragile to travel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

I dreamed it was me lying in that bed, my body wrapped in loose bandages, mummified.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

Rühli says he believes this could have inspired ancient Egyptians to start mummifying their honored dead.

From National Geographic ● Aug. 7, 2023

That's the question my Food52 colleagues asked when they saw me mummifying avocado halves in plastic wrap to prepare them for life eternal in the freezer.

From Salon ● May 15, 2021

I had slept more soundly than I had expected, given the hard ground beneath me and the mummifying strictures of the sleeping bag.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 24, 2020

Forget a quick splodge of face paint or mummifying yourself in loo roll - celebrities always bring their costume A-game for Halloween.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2019

Sometime before 5000 b.c. they began mummifying bodies—children at first, adults later on.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann