Mummies
are preserved bodies from long ago. While many cultures preserved their dead,
mummies were also created by accident during subzero temperatures or after
burial in bogs. There are a number of different methods of mummification; all
of them prevent bacteria and fungi from multiplying and decomposing soft
tissue. In this activity, read an article about mummies to find clues about
different ways in which they were mummified. Place a mark in the correct column
to match the appropriate culture or location with which the mummy was
associated.
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Aleut |
Anasazi |
Austrian-
Italian Alps |
Chin- choros |
Egypt- ian |
Green- land |
Inca |
New
Guinean |
NW
European
Bogs |
Paloman |
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flat,
brown, and leathery; lifelike appearance
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young
with wood supports along the spine
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found
under ceramic jar
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wrapped
in leather; lots of grass inside
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buried
under house floor; wrapped in reeds
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3,000
years old; found wrapped well in linen strips
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wrapped
in fur, wore new sandals
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wore
shoes stuffed with grass
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found
hanging from cave ceiling
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feathers
inside
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broken
skull; thin bones
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found
beside clothing made of seal skin
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bundled
with false head decorated with piercing eyes
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heart
left inside
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found
high on a mountain surrounded by gold and silver
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smoke-cured
before covered in clay
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