Mummy

The Iceman, also called Ötzi, is a mummy from the Stone Ages who was discovered by hikers, Erika and Helmut Simon in the Alps in the late 1900s. The Iceman when he was found was stuck in a glacier called the Niederjoch Glacier. This glacier is part of what kept the Iceman preserved for so long. He is one of the oldest mummies in the world, at about 5,300 years old and he lived around 3300 BCE. When the Iceman was first discovered, he was thought to have died of natural causes. This was thought…

Mummification is when the skin and the flesh of a coarse is preserved. Some mummies would be kept wet, most are frozen, and some are dehydrated. The operation could either be naturally or intentionally. If it happens naturally, it is the result of acid, or just dryness. The Egyptian mummies are intentionally made because of the drying of the body. By taking out all the moisture, you have removed all decay. By using a salt mixture called Natron they dry the body. Natron is a legitimate substance…

In September of the year 1991, a mummy was found in the Ötztal Alps, near the Similaun mountain and Hauslabjoch, near the border between Austria and Italy. The mummy was nicknamed "Ötzi” or “The Iceman” The body was extracted using informal tools from the many layers of ice covering his body on September 22, 1991, and extracted the rest of his body with more formal equipment the following day. It was transported to the office of the medical examiner in Innsbruck, the capital of South Tyrol,…

Do you believe in life after death? During the ancient time, religion played an important part on the ancient Egyptians. They believed that there’s eternal life after the death, that death is a short pause before enter the afterlife. They also believed that the spirits of the would go back to their bodies for the immortality. Because of that, the Egyptians discovered the method to preserve the dead bodies and many rituals about death and mummification came along as well . The ancient Egypt…

ancient Egypt was the use of mummified animals as Votives to the gods. These votive mummies were an offering of a specific mummified animal as a gift to the gods or as at type of appeasement to the gods to the deity, that would be heard throughout eternity. Often there were different grades of votive mummy available for purchase with the more expensive and high-end mummies wrapped with cartonnage masks and cheaper mummies being plainly wrapped. Additionally, it was possible to purchase…

until scientists found out that he was from 3300BCE, more than 5000 years old. No one really knows how old he was, but most people think he was around 40-50 years old. There are many different theories on how he died and he may have turned into a mummy accidently by the freezing weather conditions. 1.2 When did Otzi live? What is this period called? How do we know this? What techniques were used to determine this? Otzi was from the copper age (Neolithic…

Mummies have been found in other places around the world, but Egyptian ones are the most recognized. They started the process of mummification around 2600 BC. There are a few questions that people might ask: What did death mean to the ancient Egyptians? Why did they mummify the bodies of the dead? Why did they want to preserve the appearance of life in their dead for all eternity? We think we know plenty about mummification in ancient Egypt. A common misconception of mummification is that it was…

Then the fingers and toes are individually wrapped. The arms are legs are wrapped separately. Within the many layers of wrapping, the embalmers place amulets to protect the body throughout its journey through the underworld. While the mummy is being wrapped, A priest reads out spells to help ward off evil spirits and help the deceased accomplish his journey to the afterlife. The arms and legs are then tied together. A papyrus scroll containing spells from the Book of the Dead is placed…

Exam Essay # 2: Topic # 2 Mummification is a specific funerary ritual practiced by many diverse groups across the globe. It is the arresting of natural processes in a dead body to preserve or protect it from its own decay. Mummies are a curious subject, as they exist as both relics and once living humans that can be studied in a whole heaping helping of different contexts by the curious anthropologist. There are many different ways that a body can become mummified, enough to qualify at least…

organs still intact. Otzi is one of the most important preserved mummy with many scholars…