A mummy is a dead human or an animal whose soft tissues and organs have been preserved by either intentional or accidental exposure to chemicals, extreme cold, very low humidity, or lack …

1 day ago · The new horror film offers up an entirely new version of the classic horror movie monster.

1 day ago · That’s the central question in the first teaser for director Lee Cronin’s “The Mummy,” a twisted reboot of the classic horror franchise. This take on the undead follows the daughter of a ...

May 7, 1999 · At an archaeological dig in the ancient city of Hamunaptra, an American serving in the French Foreign Legion accidentally awakens a mummy who begins to wreak havoc as he …

The methods of embalming, or treating the dead body, that the ancient Egyptians used is called mummification. Using special processes, the Egyptians removed all moisture from the body, …

5 days ago · The mummified remains of a man buried close to a turquoise mine in Chile's Atacama Desert suggest he was a miner who died in a tragic occupational accident.

Throughout the Middle Ages, “mummy,” made by pounding mummified bodies, was a standard product of apothecary shops. In course of time it was forgotten that the virtue of mummy lay in …

Are you my mummy? But where does the name come from? Mummy comes from the Latin word mumia borrowed from the Arabic mumiya. This refers to the bitumen used to help preserve the …

Sep 21, 2017 · A mummy is a person or animal whose body has been dried or otherwise preserved after death.

The meaning of MUMMY is a body embalmed or treated for burial with preservatives in the manner of the ancient Egyptians.