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Definition of Mummies
1. mummy [v] - See also: mummy
Medical Definition of Mummies
1. Bodies preserved either by the ancient egyptian technique or due to chance under favourable climatic conditions. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mummies
Literary usage of Mummies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Miscellaneous and Posthumous Works of Henry Thomas Buckle by Henry Thomas Buckle (1872)
"tome vp 981) to mummies having been made in his time, the beginning of the fifth
century " (Pettigrew's History of Egyptian mummies, 4to, 1834, p. 50). ..."
2. A History of Egypt by Sir John Pentland Mahaffy, Joseph Grafton Milne, Stanley Lane-Poole, William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1896)
"THE mummies OF DEIR EL BAHRI. As we have frequently referred to this deposit of
mummies, we here give an outline of its history. The tombs of kings as well ..."
3. The Journal of the Polynesian Society by Polynesian Society (N.Z.) (1917)
"MAORI mummies. BY EDWARD TREGEAR. THE discussion on mummies in New Zealand has
become as useful as it is interesting. To Mr. Skinner I offer my warm ..."
4. Researches Into the Physical History of Mankind by James Cowles Prichard (1851)
"Of mummies. We have an authentic source of information respecting the physical
characters of the Egyptian race, in the innumerable mummies in which the ..."
5. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1897)
"Wonderful indeed are the preserves of time, which openeth unto us mummies from
crypts and pyramids, and mammoth bones from caverns and excavations; ..."
6. The History of Ancient Art by Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Giles Henry Lodge (1873)
"The white, which consists of common white-lead (15), forms the coating of the
linen cloth of the mummies, and constitutes what modern paint- ..."
7. Universal Geography: Or, a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1826)
"The tombs and mummies of persons of condition arc easily distinguished from ...
With respect to the mummies, some are found in wood- en cases shaped like ..."
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