mummy
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Yeast has been growing in the guts of a frozen mummy called Oetzi the Iceman for thousands of years, scientists have discovered, telling AFP they used it to make a tasty sourdough bread.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
"Her child has suffered the unimaginable loss of their mummy in this tragedy," Shaw's family added.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
Somebody — perhaps it was Lee Cronin himself, probably not — wanted us to know that his latest project, “Lee Cronin’s The Mummy,” was no mere mummy movie.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
During Greco-Roman times, Egyptian artists were called upon to inscribe funerary spells on linen mummy bandages.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
After Atawallpa’s victory, his panaqa took the mummy of Thupa Inka from its palace and burned it outside Qosqo—burned it alive, so to speak.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Vocabulary lists containing mummy
Ancient Egypt - Introductory
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Ancient Egypt - Middle School and High School
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Ancient Egypt and Kush, Lessons 1–3
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