the man who was mummified?
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MEET Alan Billis who is the first person in over 3,000 years to be mummified like Tutankhamun. The 61-year-old taxi driver volunteered his body to the bizarre experiment before his death in January from lung cancer.
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In 1931, Dr. Carl Tanzler fell in love with a patient he was treating for tuberculosis. This love made him determined to keep his patient alive, which he attempted to do quite literally by removing her corpse from the mausoleum it was housed in and holding it together with coat hangers, wax, and silk.
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Anubis, easily recognizable as an anthropomorphized jackal or dog, was the Egyptian god of the afterlife and mummification. He helped judge souls after their death and guided lost souls into the afterlife. So, was he evil? No, and in fact just the opposite.
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A method of artificial preservation, called mummification was developed by the ancient Egyptians. Mummification was a complicated and lengthy process which lasted up to 70 days. What are mummies? A mummy is the body of a person (or an animal) that has been preserved after death.
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The first physician to emerge is Imhotep, chief minister to King Djoser in the 3rd millennium bce, who designed one of the earliest pyramids, the Step Pyramid at Ṣaqqārah, and who was later regarded as the Egyptian god of medicine and identified with the Greek god Asclepius.
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Death Theory #1: Hypothermia His body was so well preserved that most scientists think that he froze quickly after his death. The cold turned his body into a mummy with yellow, leathery skin. Because the weather can change rapidly in the Alps, some scientists believe that Otzi could have died of hypothermia.
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Researchers say they have finally unmasked Jack the Ripper, the infamous serial killer who terrorized London in the late 1800s. A forensic investigation published in Journal of Forensic Sciences has identified the killer as Aaron Kosminski, a 23-year-old Polish barber and prime suspect at the time.
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However, direct evidence for tattooing on mummified human skin extends only to the 4th millennium BC. The oldest discovery of tattooed human skin to date is found on the body of Ötzi the Iceman, dating to between 3370 and 3100 BC.
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There have never been any mummies found in any Egyptian pyramids. Neither are there any ancient Egyptian texts that state why the ancient Egyptians conceived and built their pyramids. ... “The kings designed these pyramids for their sepulchres, yet it happened that their remains were not here deposited.”
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Ötzi is the world's oldest wet mummy, and the clothes he wore and equipment he carried are unique. The mummy is invaluable for archaeology and archaeotechnology as well as for medical science, genetics, biology and many other disciplines. Since the Iceman was not the subject of a burial.
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Natron, a disinfectant and desiccating agent, was the main ingredient used in the mummification process. A compound of sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate (salt and baking soda), natron essentially dried out the corpse.
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After death, the pharaohs of Egypt usually were mummified and buried in elaborate tombs. Members of the nobility and officials also often received the same treatment, and occasionally, common people. However, the process was an expensive one, beyond the means of many.
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Contemporary science does now acknowledge the existence of full-body mummification in the culture. There is still controversy, however, as to the nature of the mummification process. Some bodies appear to be spontaneously created by the natural environment, while others exhibit signs of deliberate practices.
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Ötzi is the world's oldest wet mummy, and the clothes he wore and equipment he carried are unique. ... Ötzi's sudden death in the ice has preserved him virtually unchanged for thousands of years, giving us a snapshot of the routine life of a Copper Age man.
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Anubis retained an important role in the mythology of the dead, however. He was credited with inventing the mummification process, enabling mortals to live on in the afterlife. With the moon god Thoth, Anubis weighed the hearts of the dead on the scales of justice in the underworld, judging the merit of their souls.
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Mummies of humans and animals have been found on every continent, both as a result of natural preservation through unusual conditions, and as cultural artifacts. Over one million animal mummies have been found in Egypt, many of which are cats.
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George Lucas modeled Indiana Jones after the heroes in 1930s matinée serials. But he was also inspired by real archaeologists like Hiram Bingham, Roy Chapman Andrews, and Sir Leonard Woolley. The Chachapoyan fertility idol is one of the best-known fictitious artifacts from the Indiana Jones series.