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What Happened To Eyes During The Mummification Process? And Why Sometimes It Involved Onionsancient egypt mummy eyes

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What Happened To Eyes During The Mummification Process? And Why Sometimes It Involved Onionsancient egypt mummy eyes
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What Happened To Eyes During The Mummification Process? And Why Sometimes It Involved Onions

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Unique Facial Tattoos Found On 800-Year-Old Andean Mummy Are Unlike Any Other KnownTattoos on face of Andean mummy

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Unique Facial Tattoos Found On 800-Year-Old Andean Mummy Are Unlike Any Other KnownTattoos on face of Andean mummy
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Unique Facial Tattoos Found On 800-Year-Old Andean Mummy Are Unlike Any Other Known

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Exceptionally Well-Preserved Austrian Mummy Was Embalmed With Previously Unknown MethodA photo of the mummified remains resting a in wooden box with a glass cover. The photo shows the upper body of the mummy with its head on display. The face has decayed down to the skull, demonstrating a rictus smile and empty eye sockets. The skin is light brown and leathery and the corpse is holding a small cross.

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Exceptionally Well-Preserved Austrian Mummy Was Embalmed With Previously Unknown MethodA photo of the mummified remains resting a in wooden box with a glass cover. The photo shows the upper body of the mummy with its head on display. The face has decayed down to the skull, demonstrating a rictus smile and empty eye sockets. The skin is light brown and leathery and the corpse is holding a small cross.
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Exceptionally Well-Preserved Austrian Mummy Was Embalmed With Previously Unknown Method

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Ballymacombs More Woman: A Grisly Mystery Unearthed In Northern Ireland After 2,000 YearsA photo showing the remains of the woman arranged on a white background. The bones of her arms are visible along with a substantial portion of her torso and abdomen which had brown tanned colored skin surrounding it.

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Ballymacombs More Woman: A Grisly Mystery Unearthed In Northern Ireland After 2,000 YearsA photo showing the remains of the woman arranged on a white background. The bones of her arms are visible along with a substantial portion of her torso and abdomen which had brown tanned colored skin surrounding it.
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Ballymacombs More Woman: A Grisly Mystery Unearthed In Northern Ireland After 2,000 Years

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IFLScience We Have Questions: What Happens To Eyes During The Mummification Process?What Happens To Eyes During The Mummification Process

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IFLScience We Have Questions: What Happens To Eyes During The Mummification Process?What Happens To Eyes During The Mummification Process
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IFLScience We Have Questions: What Happens To Eyes During The Mummification Process?

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Was The "Mysterious Lady" Egyptian Mummy Really Pregnant – And Did She Have Cancer?Egyptian mummy known as the Mysterious Lady

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Was The "Mysterious Lady" Egyptian Mummy Really Pregnant – And Did She Have Cancer?Egyptian mummy known as the Mysterious Lady
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Was The "Mysterious Lady" Egyptian Mummy Really Pregnant – And Did She Have Cancer?

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What Do Ancient Mummies Smell Like? Pretty Good By The Sounds Of ItOlfactory detection equipment analyzing the odors of Egyptian mummies.

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What Do Ancient Mummies Smell Like? Pretty Good By The Sounds Of ItOlfactory detection equipment analyzing the odors of Egyptian mummies.
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What Do Ancient Mummies Smell Like? Pretty Good By The Sounds Of It

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Why Do We Have Phobias? Find Out More In Issue 27 Of CURIOUS – Out Nowarticle image

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Why Do We Have Phobias? Find Out More In Issue 27 Of CURIOUS – Out Nowarticle image
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Why Do We Have Phobias? Find Out More In Issue 27 Of CURIOUS – Out Now

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Ancient Iranian "Saltmen" Mummified In Mine 2,500 Years Ago Depicted In New ImagesAncient salt mine in Iran

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Ancient Iranian "Saltmen" Mummified In Mine 2,500 Years Ago Depicted In New ImagesAncient salt mine in Iran
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Ancient Iranian "Saltmen" Mummified In Mine 2,500 Years Ago Depicted In New Images

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Mummified Brains Reveal Cocaine Was Used In Europe Soon After The Americas Were Conqueredphotograph, left to right, of a polystyrene cup of coca leaf tea, a glass bowl of coca leaves with a pair of metal tongs, and an orange-red patterned bowl with a lid

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Mummified Brains Reveal Cocaine Was Used In Europe Soon After The Americas Were Conqueredphotograph, left to right, of a polystyrene cup of coca leaf tea, a glass bowl of coca leaves with a pair of metal tongs, and an orange-red patterned bowl with a lid
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Mummified Brains Reveal Cocaine Was Used In Europe Soon After The Americas Were Conquered

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We Finally Know Why This Nightmarish Mummy Has Been Screaming For 3,500 YearsScreaming woman mummmy

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We Finally Know Why This Nightmarish Mummy Has Been Screaming For 3,500 YearsScreaming woman mummmy
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We Finally Know Why This Nightmarish Mummy Has Been Screaming For 3,500 Years

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Secrets Of Ancient Egyptian Crocodile Cult Revealed By Mummified CrocAncient Egyptian mummified crocodiles

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Secrets Of Ancient Egyptian Crocodile Cult Revealed By Mummified CrocAncient Egyptian mummified crocodiles
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Secrets Of Ancient Egyptian Crocodile Cult Revealed By Mummified Croc

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The Mystery Of The Oldest Mummy In AfricaA panorama of the deserts near the Akakus Mountains, Libya. the photo shows an open sand expanse with some rocky mountains in the distance. The sky is blue and empty about the horizon with a few scattered wisps of cloud.

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The Mystery Of The Oldest Mummy In AfricaA panorama of the deserts near the Akakus Mountains, Libya. the photo shows an open sand expanse with some rocky mountains in the distance. The sky is blue and empty about the horizon with a few scattered wisps of cloud.
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The Mystery Of The Oldest Mummy In Africa

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Chile’s Ancient Mummies Are Thousands Of Years Older Than The Egyptians’A photo of a sculpture that serves as a monument to the Chinchorro people. The sculpture is of a large humanoid with a mask that is similar to those found on the mummies. The body is made up of different textures to represent the various material the Chinchorro used to wrap their dead. It is standing against a backdrop of an arid hillside.

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Chile’s Ancient Mummies Are Thousands Of Years Older Than The Egyptians’A photo of a sculpture that serves as a monument to the Chinchorro people. The sculpture is of a large humanoid with a mask that is similar to those found on the mummies. The body is made up of different textures to represent the various material the Chinchorro used to wrap their dead. It is standing against a backdrop of an arid hillside.
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Chile’s Ancient Mummies Are Thousands Of Years Older Than The Egyptians’

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Ancient "Fire Mummies" Residing On Philippine Mountaintops Are At Risk Of DestructionAn image of the Ibaloi Mummies or “fire mummies” of the Philipines taken on January 8th, 1999. Six Mummies Of A Single Family were found In One Of The Caves Of Timbac.

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Ancient "Fire Mummies" Residing On Philippine Mountaintops Are At Risk Of DestructionAn image of the Ibaloi Mummies or “fire mummies” of the Philipines taken on January 8th, 1999. Six Mummies Of A Single Family were found In One Of The Caves Of Timbac.
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Ancient "Fire Mummies" Residing On Philippine Mountaintops Are At Risk Of Destruction

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