Correct. Here's why...
Injecting formaldehyde and wood alcohol into a corpse's
veins.
This is the embalming process used to preserve bodies in
most modern funeral homes.
Exposing to high temperatures, dry soil, and low
humidity.
This process, called desiccation, is responsible for the
preservation of hundreds of Native American mummies in the
southwestern United States. Without moisture, the bacteria
and fungi that cause decay cannot thrive.
Removing the internal organs, packing the body in
natron, and then smearing the body with warm resin and
wrapping it in long linen strips.
This is how the ancient Egyptians fashioned the most
famous mummies of all. Natron is a type of salt that was
used to suck water out of bodily tissues.
Burying in cold, deep, stagnant water that contains
natural acids.
These are the conditions that have produced nearly 2,000
"bog mummies" in Ireland, England, Norway, Denmark,
Germany, Russia, and the island of Crete. Some may have
accidentally perished where they were found; others may
have been buried there. Some show signs of violent death.
The bogs' stagnant, oxygen-free water, plus the acids
given off by peat moss (especially tannic acid), create an
environment unfriendly to decay-causing bacteria.
Freezing the body and its internal organs.
Many mummies have been preserved by ice, which seals out
both the air and moisture that decay-causing bacteria need
to thrive. Perhaps the best known is The Iceman, the
tattooed, late Stone Age mummy found in the European Alps
in 1991.
Test your knowledge against next week's night-stalking
Challenge!
