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Mummification was used in Ancient Egypt to preserve the dead, and they believed it would assist their journey into the afterlife.

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• BBC News: Ancient Egyptian animal cemetery found

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1098102.stm
  Describes the discovery of the mummified remains of falcons and rodents dating from 300 BC.

• Clickable Mummy

  http://www.akhet.co.uk/clikmumm.htm
  Select different parts of the body to see details of the mummification process. Includes links to information about famous discoveries.

• Cyber Mummy

  http://archive.ncsa.illinois.edu/Cyberia/VideoTestbed/Projects/Mummy/mummyhome.html
  Uncovering details of a mummy from the 2nd century AD, with the help of modern medical imagery, a supercomputer, and an archaeologist. Includes movies and close-up photographs.

• Egyptian Mummies

  http://www.kingtutone.com/mummies
  An illustrated description of the wrapping process, the burial ceremonies, what animals were mummified, and how they are examined today. Animation allows viewers to unwrap and examine a virtual mummy.

• Egyptian Mummies

  http://www.mummytombs.com/
  Information about mummies for readers, writers, and learners of all ages.

• Egyptian Mummies

  http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/nmnh/mummies.htm
  The Smithsonian Institute describes how they were preserved and who they might have been, with suggestions for reading more about the subject.

• Egyptian Mummification

  http://www.spurlock.illinois.edu/explorations/online/mummification/
  Provides illustrated explanations about how and why it was done, the ceremonies that were performed, and what sorts of things were included with the body.

• Experiment: Make a Fruit Mummy

  http://www.unmuseum.org/exmum.htm
  Illustrated step by step instructions for drying out a slice of apple using the same process used to preserve the dead in Ancient Egypt.

• How Mummies Were Made

  http://www.site-ology.com/egypt/HOW.HTM
  Outlines the preparation of a body for mummification, with diagrams of the different stages.

• Make Your Own Mummy

  http://www.rom.on.ca/en/education/online-activities/ancient-egypt/mummification/make-your-own-mummy
  Made from plasticine and plaster, with step by step instructions, photographs, and decorations to download for painting.

• Mummification

  http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/mummies/
  Interactive features allow the user to learn about how bodies were prepared, examine a mummy and its coffin, and take a journey through the underworld.

• Museum of Science: 3D Mummy

  http://legacy.mos.org/quest/mummy3d.php
  Interactive illustration of the inside of a mummy, with details from scans and skull Xrays. [Requires Flash]

• National Geographic News: U.S. Museum to Return Ramses I Mummy to Egypt

  http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/04/0430_030430_royalmummy.html
  Story and photographs of a 3,000 year-old mummy, with an explanation of how the body of a pharaoh came to be in a museum in Atlanta, Georgia.

• Oasis of the Dead

  http://www.archaeology.org/9909/etc/oasis.html
  Roman-era tombs southwest of Cairo yield scores of gilded mummies.

• Ramesses I: The Search for the Lost Pharaoh

  http://carlos.emory.edu/RAMESSES/
  The Egyptian mummy believed to be that of Ramesses I. A biography of the pharaoh, history of the mummy, the physical evidence supporting its identification, and its repatriation to Egypt in October 2003.

• The Royal Theban Mummy Project

  http://members.tripod.com/anubis4_2000/mummypages1/intro.htm
  Presents archeological data about New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period royal mummies from the Theban cache tombs in an accessible way.

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