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    Egyptian Mummification

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    When people hear Egypt, their mind is automatically drawn to the tombs, pyramids, gold, and mummies. No one really thinks about the origins or ways that these most known aspects of Egypt came around. For example, everyone knows of mummification. Priests embalm the body, take out the organs needed for the afterlife, wrap the body in linen, place protective amulets on the body, and then place the body in a tomb with all kinds of goods just to be looted or found later. Nobody considers how these…

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    Real or Not Real This specific passage which David and teddy is having a discussion that if they are real shows a concept that ”real or not real”. This is strongly connected to the theme of the whole story in 3 aspects: If David and teddy are real; if the emotion between David and his parents is real; if David’s parents will love him more if he is a real human. “Super-Toy Lasts All Summer Long” is a story about human and artificial intelligence. Henry is a worker about artificial intelligence.…

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    how she’s matured. As Anne begins to write things in her diary, she tells us how she flipped the pages and amongst all the words she came across one the most, Mummy. She feels anger but, much more sorrow as she flips through these pages, seeing horrid things about her mother. She realized she was the one who mentioned hate, not Mummy. Anne then says, “It’s true she doesn’t…

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    In The Entry 2 January, 1944, Anne writes in her diary that her relationship with her mother isn’t the mother daughter you would hope it would be. Anne is getting older and getting independent now and doesn't want her mother to interfere with any of it. Anne shows signs that her relationship with her mother is a pleasant field of hate and unpleasantness between them both. When Anne writes in her diary she starts off with saying “Anne, is it really you who who mentioned hate? Oh, Anne, how could…

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    Anne’s relationship with her mother is not the best mother, daughter relationship there ever was. Anne thinks that her mom tries to get into her business and then is never on her side when there is an argument. Anne is maturing in regards to her relationship with her mother by trying to change her actions with her mother, changing her attitude about her mother, and getting wiser about situations. The first example of Anne is maturing is changing herself. Anne had one day looked in her diary…

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    Researchers and scientists have studied ancient Egyptian mummies and have found no evidence of cancer. They have found that it is not caused by genes, but the modern world.” (Stevenson) Since there was no indication of cancer in the mummies, Stevenson believes cancer would not be considered genetic, but caused by the modern world today and the way people are living. Stevenson goes on to say that if mummies did have tumors and cancer was genetic, the tumors would have been preserved…

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    Prior to Holden’s encounter with the mummy he happens to pass by several graffiti that spells out “fuck you,” he signifies the graffiti as signs of chaos and an act that is unforgivable. His greatest fear is having the children at Phoebe’s school see the signs and become horrified of its meaning and what it stands for, in the previous chapters we understand that Holden’s dream if to become a catcher in the rye that saves children from falling off a cliff. This allows us to finally understand the…

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    Otzi: The Simulaun Man

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    from Hauslabjoch. Otzi is a 5,300-year-old corpse that turned up on the mountain border between Austria and Italy in 1991. First of all, Otzi the iceman has 19 genetics relatives living in Austria is the latest discoveries surrounding the famed ice mummy Otzi’s 5,300 years old corpse turned up Austria and Italy in 1991. Here is a rundown of the latest on the world’s oldest Alpine remarkable things we’ve learn about Otzi. Furthermore, Otzi also had some health issues. Since Otzi was discovered in…

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    Tahiti Tattooing History

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    During his voyage to Tahiti, Captain James Cook encountered heavily tattooed men and women. The word ‘tatu’ meaning to mark something and the tattoos the captain and his crew got cemented our use of the word. The term derived from the specific method of inscription where sharp needle-like instruments were tapped onto the skin to penetrate the dye under the surface skin layers. However Tahiti is not the only evidence of ancient tattooing tradition. The history of tattooing can be dated back at…

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    The Curse Of The Pharaohs

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    After Tut died, a ritual of all dead Kings was to mummify them to preserve them and protect them in their afterlife. Egyptians believed that the soul of a person had three parts. The first was called the ka. It remained in the tomb after death, which is why so many items were buried alongside people in ancient Egypt. The second element of a person's soul was called the akh. It was the part of the soul that went on into the afterlife. In ancient Egypt, the third element of a person's soul was…

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