Mummy

Sarcophagus and Mummy of Taosir This wooden coffin, discovered in the ruins of the ancient city of Ipu holds the mummified body of Taosir, the daughter of Nesmin and Taamun, priestess of Osiris in the city of Ipu around 600 BC. Its bright colors, the details of the decoration, and the good condition of its hieroglyphic text are excellent testimonies of Egyptian life in 600 BC. Falcon sarcophagus with Osiris mummy Within this sarcophagus, which was crafted in the image of the falcon god…

There was no possible way for the world to know about Egyptian mummies carrying diseases until paleopathologists provided evidence using ancient remains to support what they were claiming. It also has a significant impact in creating the reconstruction of the difficult connections among diseases and human beings during…

delicious, I would eat it up. Anything she gave me I took, since a mother only wanted the very best for her daughter. Mummy Sorceress always made me feel loved; she took me in as an orphan, but treated me as her own.…

Egyptian Cats and Mummification In ancient Egyptian times, cats were the first domesticated animals around 4000 years ago. However, the history goes further with humans. There is proof of wild cats around the whole country of Egypt, especially near the banks. In 2000 BC, cats that were considered to be fully domesticated were brought into households in Egypt. The first domesticated Egyptian cats in Egypt were used to chase off animals and creatures, such as snakes, bugs, and other types of…

Millions of animals were used for burial purposes and that gives people the thought that “little care and expense was involved in their preparation compared with human mummies.”(Buckley, Clark, and Evershed 294) Nonetheless, after close analysis of the inner workings of these mummified animals the embalming mixture is “of comparable complexity compared to those used to mummify humans from the same period.”(Buckley, Clark…

Throughout the Diary of Anne Frank, Anne has showed negative emotions towards her mother. On pages 127-128 Anne has matured and started showing more humble emotions towards Mummy. Here I have reasons how Anne is growing more comfortable towards her mother. At the first part of her newest entry, Anne is seen flipping pages in her diary. She notices how hateful she was, “Anne, is this really you who mentioned hate?” That was a question she asked herself. Thanks to that feeling Anne had when she…

popular “horror” fiction. For instance, Bradbury’s classic short story, “The Next in Line,” utilizes the fear of death as a running theme throughout the tale. But the tale holds far more meaning than its surface narrative would imply. Bradbury uses the mummies stored in catacombs beneath a small Mexican village as a metaphor of sorts for the completely loveless marriage that is shared between the story’s two main characters, Joseph and Marie. The physical…

Dr. Ashraf Selim loved the heritage of his country and was asked to help solve a puzzle by using his knowledge. In 2005 an Egyptian team of radiologist and a group of foreign radiologist studied CT imagers of the mummified remain of Tutankhamun taken on a 6slice CT Siemens scanner. They were to determine what killed him and were given 3 months to do so. They had discrepancies in their interpretations so Dr. Selim was asked to help with the diagnosis. He discovered that King Tut’s trunk, limbs,…

In the article “The Monsters in My Head” (1986), by Frank Langella faced his own monster that he had that was mummy where he went to watch movie about based on that mummy. Later on, his son had his own monster to face as well but he had his father to protect him. He realize that monster was all in his head this whole time and he think his son is in the same with his monster so he talk to his son by helping him fight for his own battles by encouraging to fight for it on his own. He advice to his…

accident. Firstly, there are hunting weapons, chariot, and armor in the tomb.Secondly, there was a garland on Tutankhamun’s mummy that consisted of flowers that come into bloom in the months of March to April, shortly after the hunting season.Thirdly, Tutankhamun might have been attacked while hunting a hippo as there are broken ribs on his mummy. Lastly, Tutankhamun’s mummy has a clear fracture above the knee, which could have occurred in an accident on a speeding chariot. Therefore, this…