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List of craters on Europa
This is a list of craters on Europa. The surface of Jupiter's moon Europa is very young, geologically speaking, and as a result there are very few craters. Furthermore, as Europa's surface is potentially made of weak water ice over a liquid ocean, most surviving crat... | 49,200 |
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Mummy
A mummy is a deceased human or an animal whose skin and organs have been preserved by either intentional or accidental exposure to chemicals, extreme cold, very low humidity, or lack of air, so that the recovered body does not decay further if kept in cool and dry conditions. Some authorities restrict the ... | 49,201 |
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have been found in Egypt, many of which are cats. Many of the Egyptian animal mummies are sacred ibis, and radiocarbon dating suggests the Egyptian Ibis mummies that have been analyzed were from time frame that falls between approximately 450 and 250 BC.
In addition to the well-known mummies of ancient Egypt, de... | 49,202 |
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5050 BC. The oldest known naturally mummified human corpse is a severed head dated as 6,000 years old, found in 1936 AD at the site named Inca Cueva No. 4 in South America.
# Etymology and meaning.
The English word "mummy" is derived from medieval Latin "mumia", a borrowing of the medieval Arabic word "mūmiya" ... | 49,203 |
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and Apothecaries doe against our willes make us to swallow". These substances were defined as mummia.
The OED defines a mummy as "the body of a human being or animal embalmed (according to the ancient Egyptian or some analogous method) as a preparation for burial", citing sources from 1615 AD onward. However, Ch... | 49,204 |
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interest in the study of mummies dates as far back as Ptolemaic Greece, most structured scientific study began at the beginning of the 20th century. Prior to this, many rediscovered mummies were sold as curiosities or for use in pseudoscientific novelties such as mummia. The first modern scientific examinations o... | 49,205 |
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during this same period, which returned many results about the types of substances used in embalming. Lucas also made significant contributions to the analysis of Tutankhamun in 1922.
Pathological study of mummies saw varying levels of popularity throughout the 20th century. In 1992, the First World Congress on ... | 49,206 |
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databases. This was not possible prior to the Congress due to the unique and highly specialized techniques required to gather such data.
In more recent years, CT scanning has become an invaluable tool in the study of mummification by allowing researchers to digitally "unwrap" mummies without risking damage to th... | 49,207 |
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or spontaneous. Anthropogenic mummies were deliberately created by the living for any number of reasons, the most common being for religious purposes. Spontaneous mummies, such as Ötzi, were created unintentionally due to natural conditions such as extremely dry heat or cold, or anaerobic conditions such as those... | 49,208 |
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In the era prior to 3500 BC, Egyptians buried the dead in pit graves, without regard to social status. Pit graves were often shallow. This characteristic allowed for the hot, dry sand of the desert to dehydrate the bodies, leading to natural mummification.
The natural preservation of the dead had a profound effe... | 49,209 |
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death as an important step to living well in the afterlife. As Egypt gained more prosperity, burial practices became a status symbol for the wealthy as well. This cultural hierarchy lead to the creation of elaborate tombs, and more sophisticated methods of embalming.
By the 4th dynasty (about 2600 BC) Egyptian e... | 49,210 |
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rituals involved in embalming, not the actual surgical processes involved. A text known as "The Ritual of Embalming" does describe some of the practical logistics of embalming, however, there are only two known copies and each is incomplete. With regards to mummification shown in images, there are apparently also... | 49,211 |
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corpses for preservation. However, these descriptions are short and fairly vague, leaving scholars to infer the majority of the techniques that were used by studying mummies that have been unearthed.
By utilizing current advancements in technology, scientists have been able to uncover a plethora of new informati... | 49,212 |
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had been a hook made of iron. Earlier experimentation in 1994 by researchers Bob Brier and Ronald Wade supported these findings. While attempting to replicate Egyptian mummification, Brier and Wade discovered that removal of the brain was much easier when the brain was liquefied and allowed to drain with the help... | 49,213 |
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of spices and palm wine. The only organ left behind was the heart, as tradition held the heart was the seat of thought and feeling and would therefore still be needed in the afterlife. After cleansing, the body was then dried out with natron inside the empty body cavity as well as outside on the skin. The interna... | 49,214 |
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the threat of moist air away. Resin was also applied to the coffin in order to seal it. The mummy was then sealed within its tomb, alongside the worldly goods that were believed to help aid it in the afterlife.
Aspergillus niger has been found in the mummies of ancient Egyptian tombs and can be inhaled when they... | 49,215 |
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were at least three different processes of mummification according to Herodotus. They range from "the most perfect" to the method employed by the "poorer classes".
### "Most perfect" method.
The most expensive process was to preserve the body by dehydration and protect against pests, such as insects. Almost all... | 49,216 |
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then rinsed the skull with certain drugs that mostly cleared any residue of brain tissue and also had the effect of killing bacteria. Next, the embalmers made an incision along the flank with a sharp blade fashioned from an Ethiopian stone and removed the contents of the abdomen. Herodotus does not discuss the se... | 49,217 |
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"every other sort of spice except frankincense", also to preserve the person.
The body was further dehydrated by placing it in natron, a naturally occurring salt, for seventy days. Herodotus insists that the body did not stay in the natron longer than seventy days. Any shorter time and the body is not completely... | 49,218 |
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cases that were human-shaped. Richer people placed these wooden cases in stone sarcophagi that provided further protection. The family placed the sarcophagus in the tomb upright against the wall, according to Herodotus.
### Avoiding expense.
The second process that Herodotus describes was used by middle-class p... | 49,219 |
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preservation.) The body was then placed in natron for seventy days. At the end of this time, the body was removed and the cedar oil, now containing the liquefied organs, was drained through the rectum. With the body dehydrated, it could be returned to the family. Herodotus does not describe the process of burial ... | 49,220 |
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Christian mummies.
In Christian tradition, some bodies of saints are naturally conserved and venerated.
# Mummification in other cultures.
## Africa.
In addition to the mummies of Egypt, there have been instances of mummies being discovered in other areas of the African continent. The bodies show a mix of ant... | 49,221 |
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decided to excavate. Uncovered alongside fragmented animal bone tools was the mummified body of an infant, wrapped in animal skin and wearing a necklace made of ostrich egg shell beads. Professor Tongiorgi of the University of Pisa radiocarbon-dated the infant to between 5,000–8,000 years old. A long incision loc... | 49,222 |
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to poor preservation of the sex organs.
### South Africa.
The first mummy to be discovered in South Africa was found in the Baviaanskloof Wilderness Area by Dr. Johan Binneman in 1999. Nicknamed Moses, the mummy was estimated to be around 2,000 years old. After being linked to the indigenous Khoi culture of the... | 49,223 |
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common in the desert areas of the Tarim Basin and Iran. Mummies have been discovered in more humid Asian climates, however these are subject to rapid decay after being removed from the grave.
### China.
Mummies from various dynasties throughout China's history have been discovered in several locations across th... | 49,224 |
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being buried in an environment not conducive to mummification is Xin Zhui. Also known as Lady Dai, she was discovered in the early 1970s at the Mawangdui archaeological site in Changsha. She was the wife of the marquis of Dai during the Han dynasty, who was also buried with her alongside another young man often c... | 49,225 |
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termed Tarim mummies because of their discovery in the Tarim Basin. The dry desert climate of the basin proved to be an excellent agent for desiccation. For this reason, over 200 Tarim mummies, which are over 4,000 years old, were excavated from a cemetery in the present-day Xinjiang region. The mummies were foun... | 49,226 |
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to their culture, while it was not until the 10th century when the Uighurs are said by scholars to have moved to the region from Central Asia. American Sinologist Victor H. Mair claims that ""the earliest mummies in the Tarim Basin were exclusively Caucasoid, or Europoid"" with "east Asian migrants arriving in th... | 49,227 |
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have been recovered from the Douzlakh Salt Mine at Chehr Abad in northwestern Iran. Due to their salt preservation, these bodies are collectively known as Saltmen. Carbon-14 testing conducted in 2008 dated three of the bodies to around 400 BC. Later isotopic research on the other mummies returned similar dates, h... | 49,228 |
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that the accident occurred during a brief period of temporary mining activity.
### Siberia.
In 1993, a team of Russian archaeologists led by Dr. Natalia Polosmak discovered the Siberian Ice Maiden, a Scytho-Siberian woman, on the Ukok Plateau in the Altai Mountains near the Mongolian border. The mummy was natur... | 49,229 |
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Ice Maiden has been a source of some recent controversy. The mummy's skin has suffered some slight decay, and the tattoos have faded since the excavation. Some residents of the Altai Republic, formed after the breakup of the Soviet Union, have requested the return of the Ice Maiden, who is currently stored in Nov... | 49,230 |
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Igorot culture and their heritage. The mummies are found in some areas named Kabayan, Sagada and among others. The mummies are dated between the 14th and 19th centuries.
## Europe.
The European continent is home to a diverse spectrum of spontaneous and anthropogenic mummies. Some of the best-preserved mummies h... | 49,231 |
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21st Century.
### Bog bodies.
The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Denmark have produced a number of bog bodies, mummies of people deposited in sphagnum bogs, apparently as a result of murder or ritual sacrifices. In such cases, the acidity of the water, low tempera... | 49,232 |
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labourers in a bog in Jutland in 1835. She was erroneously identified as an early medieval Danish queen, and for that reason was placed in a royal sarcophagus at the Saint Nicolai Church, Vejle, where she currently remains. Another famous bog body, also from Denmark, known as the Tollund Man was discovered in 195... | 49,233 |
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before 14th Century Spanish explorers settled in the area. All deceased people within the Guanche culture were mummified during this time, though the level of care taken with embalming and burial varied depending on individual social status. Embalming was carried out by specialized groups, organized according to ... | 49,234 |
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Czech Republic.
The majority of mummies recovered in the Czech Republic come from underground crypts. While there is some evidence of deliberate mummification, most sources state that desiccation occurred naturally due to unique conditions within the crypts.
The Capuchin Crypt in Brno contains three hundred yea... | 49,235 |
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were discovered in an abandoned crypt beneath the Church of St. Procopius of Sázava in Vamberk in the mid-1980s. Workers digging a trench accidentally broke into the crypt, which began to fill with waste water. The mummies quickly began to deteriorate, though thirty-four were able to be rescued and stored tempora... | 49,236 |
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originally interred between 1674–1783. In the early 1930s, the mummies were accidentally damaged during repairs, resulting in the loss of 140 bodies. The newly updated airing system preserves the thirty-eight bodies that are currently on display.
### Denmark.
Apart from several bog bodies, Denmark has also yiel... | 49,237 |
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to be around 50–60 years old. She was found with several artifacts made of bronze, consisting of buttons, a belt plate, and rings, showing she was of higher class. All of the hair had been removed from the skull later when farmers had dug through the casket. Her original hairstyle is unknown. The two men wore kil... | 49,238 |
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Her hair had been drawn up in an elaborate hairstyle, which was then covered by a horse hair hairnet made by the sprang technique. She was wearing a blouse and a necklace as well as two golden earrings, showing she was of higher class.
The Egtved Girl, dated to 1370 BC, was also found inside a sealed coffin with... | 49,239 |
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proved to be scientifically important, and by 2006 an exhibition was established in the Museum of Natural History in Budapest. Unique to the Hungarian mummies are their elaborately decorated coffins, with no two being exactly alike.
### Italy.
The varied geography and climatology of Italy has led to many cases ... | 49,240 |
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cultural group of South Tyrol. Despite his age, a recent DNA study conducted by Walther Parson of Innsbruck Medical University revealed Ötzi has 19 living genetic relatives.
The Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo were built in the 16th century by the monks of Palermo's Capuchin monastery. Originally intended to hold ... | 49,241 |
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came in 2010, when sixty mummified human remains were found in the crypt of the Conversion of St Paul church in Roccapelago di Pievepelago, Italy. Built in the 15th century as a cannon hold and later converted in the 16th century, the crypt had been sealed once it had reached capacity, leaving the bodies to be pr... | 49,242 |
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of historically-significant data, native cultures and tradition often demands the remains be returned to their original resting places. This has led to many legal actions by Native American councils, leading to most museums keeping mummified remains out of the public eye.
### Canada.
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although not well preserved, is much older.) Initial radiocarbon tests date the mummy to around 550 years-old.
### Greenland.
In 1972, eight remarkably preserved mummies were discovered at an abandoned Inuit settlement called Qilakitsoq, in Greenland. The "Greenland Mummies" consisted of a six-month-old baby, a... | 49,244 |
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in a woven wrap and often had their faces covered by a ceremonial mask. Public knowledge of Aztec mummies increased due to traveling exhibits and museums in the 19th and 20th centuries, though these bodies were typically naturally desiccated remains and not actually the mummies associated with Aztec culture. (See... | 49,245 |
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fetus). It was thought that minerals in the soil had the preserving effect, however it may rather be due to the warm, arid climate. Mexican mummies are also on display in the small town of Encarnación de Díaz, Jalisco.
### United States.
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to have the remains returned and reburied in 1995.
## Oceania.
Mummies from the Oceania are not limited only to Australia. Discoveries of mummified remains have also been located in New Zealand, and the Torres Strait, though these mummies have been historically harder to examine and classify. Prior to the 20th ... | 49,247 |
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Torres Strait islands, the inhabitants of which achieved a high level of sophisticated mummification techniques (See:Torres Strait). Australian mummies lack some of the technical ability of the Torres Strait mummies, however much of the ritual aspects of the mummification process are similar. Full-body mummificat... | 49,248 |
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with removal of viscera, after which the bodies were set in a seated position on a platform and either left to dry in the sun or smoked over a fire in order to aid in desiccation. In the case of smoking, some tribes would collect the fat that drained from the body to mix with ocher to create red paint that would ... | 49,249 |
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found the tattooed skin to be a phenomenal curiosity. Westerners began to offer valuable commodities in exchange for the uniquely tattooed mummified heads. The heads were later put on display in museums, 16 of which being housed across France alone. In 2010, the Rouen City Hall of France returned one of the heads... | 49,250 |
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science does now acknowledge the existence of full-body mummification in the culture. There is still controversy, however, as to the nature of the mummification process. Some bodies appear to be spontaneously created by the natural environment, while others exhibit signs of deliberate practices. General modern co... | 49,251 |
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is one of the driest areas in the world and the dryness facilitated mummification. Rather than developing elaborate processes such as later-dynasty ancient Egyptians, the early South Americans often left their dead in naturally dry or frozen areas, though some did perform surgical preparation when mummification w... | 49,252 |
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intentionally prepared mummified bodies ever found. Beginning in 5th millennium BC and continuing for an estimated 3,500 years, all human burials within the Chinchorro culture were prepared for mummification. The bodies were carefully prepared, beginning with removal of the internal organs and skin, before being ... | 49,253 |
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in the colder regions of Argentina, Chile, and Peru. These are collectively known as "ice mummies". The first Incan ice mummy was discovered in 1954 atop El Plomo Peak in Chile, after an eruption of the nearby volcano Sabancaya melted away ice that covered the body. The Mummy of El Plomo was a male child who was ... | 49,254 |
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much of her skin, muscle tissue, and internal organs retained their original structure. She is believed to be a ritual sacrifice, due to the close proximity of her body to the Incan capital of Cusco, as well as the fact she was wearing highly intricate clothing to indicate her special social status. Several Incan... | 49,255 |
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thought to be sacrifices associated with the ancient ritual of "qhapaq hucha". Recent biochemical analysis of the mummies has revealed that the victims had consumed increasing quantities of alcohol and coca, possibly in the form of chicha, in the months leading up to sacrifice. The dominant theory for the druggin... | 49,256 |
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displayed, often in lifelike positions, in the palaces of the deceased emperors and had a retinue of servants to care for them. The Spanish were impressed with the quality of the mummification which involved removal of the organs, embalming, and freeze-drying.
The population revered the mummies of the Inca emper... | 49,257 |
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hospital in 2001 was unsuccessful. The archaeologists found a crypt, but it was empty. Possibly the mummies had been removed when the building was repaired after an earthquake.
# Self-mummification.
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agents (such as wood, paper, or lime) and surrounded by bricks, to be exhumed later, usually after three years. The preserved bodies would then be decorated with paint and adorned with gold.
Bodies purported to be those of self-mummified monks are exhibited in several Japanese shrines, and it has been claimed th... | 49,259 |
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"horror at dissection originates in ignorance"; once so displayed and lectured about, he asked that his body parts be preserved, including his skeleton (minus his skull, which despite being mis-preserved, was displayed beneath his feet until theft required it to be stored elsewhere), which were to be dressed in t... | 49,260 |
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as represented by Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov, envisioned scientific resurrection of dead people. The idea was so popular that, after Vladimir Lenin's death, Leonid Krasin and Alexander Bogdanov suggested to cryonically preserve his body and brain in order to revive him in the future. Necessary equipment was pur... | 49,261 |
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Gottfried Knoche conducted experiments in mummification at his laboratory in the forest near La Guaira. He developed an embalming fluid (based on an aluminum chloride compound) that mummified corpses without having to remove the internal organs. The formula for his fluid was never revealed and has not been discov... | 49,262 |
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to formally undergo Summum's process of modern mummification was the founder of Summum, Summum Bonum Amen Ra, who died in January 2008. Summum is currently considered to be the only "commercial mummification business" in the world.
## Alan Billis.
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is a technique used in anatomy to conserve bodies or body parts. The water and fat are replaced by certain plastics, yielding specimens that can be touched, do not smell or decay, and even retain most microscopic properties of the original sample.
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institutions worldwide have facilities for plastination, mainly for medical research and study, and most affiliated to the International Society for Plastination.
# Treatment of ancient mummies in modern times.
In the Middle Ages, based on a mistranslation from the Arabic term for bitumen, it was thought that m... | 49,265 |
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them for healing bruises and preventing bleeding. The trade in mummies seems to have been frowned upon by Turkish authorities who ruled Egypt – several Egyptians were imprisoned for boiling mummies to make oil in 1424. However, mummies were in high demand in Europe and it was possible to buy them for the right am... | 49,266 |
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in mellified man. Artists also made use of Egyptian mummies; a brownish pigment known as mummy brown, based on "mummia" (sometimes called alternatively "caput mortuum", Latin for "death's head"), which was originally obtained by grinding human and animal Egyptian mummies. It was most popular in the 17th century, ... | 49,267 |
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bitumen. These blends appeared on the market as forgeries of powdered mummy pigment but were ultimately considered as acceptable replacements, once antique mummies were no longer permitted to be destroyed. Many thousands of mummified cats were also sent from Egypt to England to be processed for use in fertilizer.... | 49,268 |
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them to disintegrate.
The use of mummies as fuel for locomotives was documented by Mark Twain (likely as a joke or humor), but the truth of the story remains debatable. During the American Civil War, mummy-wrapping linens were said to have been used to manufacture paper. Evidence for the reality of these claims ... | 49,269 |
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done a good job with their research, and while it is true that mummies were often not shown respect in the 1800s, there is no evidence for this rumor.
While mummies were used in medicine, some researchers have brought into question these other uses such as making paper and paint, fueling locomotives or fertilizi... | 49,270 |
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- Davis-Kimball, Jeannine, with Behan, Mona. 2002. Warrior Women: An Archaeologist's Search for History's Hidden Heroines. Warner Books, New York. First Trade Printing, 2003. .
- Ilkerson, Bill. 2006. "Wrap-It-Up: How My Lost Child ... | 49,271 |
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bsession, and the Everlasting Dead". Penguin Books. .
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Online
- Mummies at Howstuffworks.com.
- The Virtual Mummy: Unwrapping a Mummy by Mouse Click
Video
# External links.
- James M. Deem's Mummy Tombs
- Naturally Preserved Per... | 49,272 |
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Morpheus
Morpheus ('Fashioner', derived from the meaning 'form, shape') is a god associated with sleep and dreams. In Ovid's "Metamorphoses" he is the son of Sleep, who appears in dreams in human form. From the medieval period, the name began to stand more generally for the god of dreams, or of sleep.
# Ovid... | 49,273 |
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gods associated with sleep, Ovid makes Morpheus winged.
Ovid called Morpheus and his brothers, the other sons of Somnus, the "Somnia" ("dream shapes"), saying that they appear in dreams "mimicking many forms". Ovid gives names to two more of these sons of Sleep. One called Icelos ('Like'), by the gods, but Ph... | 49,274 |
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this division of dream forms between Morpheus and his brothers, possibly including their names, may have been of Hellenistic origin.
# In the Arts.
Robert Burton, in his 1621 "Anatomy of Melancholy", refers to a depiction of Morpheus, saying "Philostratus paints [Morpheus] in a white and black coat, with a h... | 49,275 |
343427 | Morpheus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Morpheus | Morpheus
Paul, "The Life and Songs of Carl Michael Bellman: Genius of the Swedish Rococo". Allhem, Malmö American-Scandinavian Foundation, New York, 1967. .
- Burton, Robert, "The Anatomy of Melancholy", Philadelphia, New York: J. W. Moore, J. Wiley, 1850. Online version at the University of Michigan Library.
- Grima... | 49,276 |
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Michael Bellman: Genius of the Swedish Rococo". Allhem, Malmö American-Scandinavian Foundation, New York, 1967. .
- Burton, Robert, "The Anatomy of Melancholy", Philadelphia, New York: J. W. Moore, J. Wiley, 1850. Online version at the University of Michigan Library.
- Grimal, Pierre, "The Dictionary of Clas... | 49,277 |
20269 | Michael Hutchence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%20Hutchence | Michael Hutchence
Michael Hutchence
Michael Kelland John Hutchence (22 January 1960 – 22 November 1997) was an Australian musician, singer-songwriter and actor who co-founded the rock band INXS, which sold over 60 million records worldwide and was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2001. Hutchence was the lead sin... | 49,278 |
20269 | Michael Hutchence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%20Hutchence | Michael Hutchence
pop rock group Max Q. He also recorded some solo material and acted in feature films, including "Dogs in Space" (1986), "Frankenstein Unbound" (1990), and "Limp" (1997).
Hutchence had a string of love affairs with prominent actresses, models and singers, and his private life was often reported in the... | 49,279 |
20269 | Michael Hutchence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%20Hutchence | Michael Hutchence
January 1960, to Sydney businessman Kelland ("Kell") Frank Hutchence (1924-2002) and make-up artist Patricia Glassop (née Kennedy). Kelland’s parents were sea captain Frank Hutchence and Mabs from England who settled in Sydney in 1922. Michael joined elder half-sister Tina; both siblings were of Irish... | 49,280 |
20269 | Michael Hutchence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%20Hutchence | Michael Hutchence
badly. He then began to show interest in poetry and performed his first song in a local toy store commercial. Michael attended King George V School during his early teens.
The family returned to Sydney in 1972, buying a house in Belrose near the Northern Beaches. Hutchence attended Davidson High Scho... | 49,281 |
20269 | Michael Hutchence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%20Hutchence | Michael Hutchence
separated when he was 15; for a short time in 1976, he lived with his mother and half-sister Tina in California. Hutchence later returned to Sydney with his mother.
In 1977, a new band, The Farriss Brothers, was formed with Tim Farriss on lead guitar, his younger brother Andrew as keyboardist, and yo... | 49,282 |
20269 | Michael Hutchence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%20Hutchence | Michael Hutchence
Vegetables, singing "We Are the Vegetables". Ten months later, they returned to Sydney and recorded a set of demos. The Farriss Brothers regularly supported hard rockers Midnight Oil on the pub rock circuit, and were renamed as INXS in 1979. Their first performance under the new name was on 1 Septembe... | 49,283 |
20269 | Michael Hutchence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%20Hutchence | Michael Hutchence
songs with Andrew Farriss.
According to Hutchence, most of the songs on the band's second album, "Underneath the Colours", were written within a fairly short space of time: "Most bands shudder at the prospect of having 20 years to write their first album and four days to write their second. For us, t... | 49,284 |
20269 | Michael Hutchence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%20Hutchence | Michael Hutchence
first solo single and was released by WEA in early 1982.
## Stardom and acting career.
In March 1985, after Hutchence and INXS recorded their album "The Swing" (1984), WEA released the Australian version of "Dekadance", as a limited edition cassette only EP of six tracks including remixes from the a... | 49,285 |
20269 | Michael Hutchence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%20Hutchence | Michael Hutchence
Video Awards ceremony, including 'Best Songwriter' for Hutchence and Andrew, and 'Most Popular Male' for Hutchence. They performed "Burn for You", dressed in Akubras (a brand of hats) and Drizabones (a brand of outdoor coats/oilskin jackets) followed by Hutchence and Morris singing "Jackson" to close.... | 49,286 |
20269 | Michael Hutchence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%20Hutchence | Michael Hutchence
taking an eight-month break, the band's management decided to stage the Australian Made tour as a series of major outdoor concerts across the country. The roster featured INXS, Jimmy Barnes (Cold Chisel), Models, Divinyls, Mental as Anything, The Triffids and I'm Talking. To promote the tour, Hutchenc... | 49,287 |
20269 | Michael Hutchence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%20Hutchence | Michael Hutchence
to peak at No. 47 in the U.S. on 1 August 1987. Divinyls' lead singer Chrissie Amphlett enjoyed the tour and reconnected with Hutchence, stating that "[he] was a sweet man, who said in one interview that he wanted me to have his baby."
In 1987, Hutchence provided vocals for Richard Clapton's album "G... | 49,288 |
20269 | Michael Hutchence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%20Hutchence | Michael Hutchence
"Never Tear Us Apart", "Devil Inside" and "Need You Tonight", the last of which reached the top of the US "Billboard" singles charts). According to "1001 Songs: The Great Songs of All Time and the Artists, Stories and Secrets Behind Them", the single "Need You Tonight" is not lyrically complex; it is ... | 49,289 |
20269 | Michael Hutchence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%20Hutchence | Michael Hutchence
Olsen for the Max Q project, and was joined by members of Olsen's previous groups including Whirlywirld, No and Orchestra of Skin and Bone. They released a self-titled album and three singles, "Way of the World", "Sometimes" and "Monday Night by Satellite". Max Q disbanded in 1990. "Max Q" showed Hutc... | 49,290 |
20269 | Michael Hutchence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%20Hutchence | Michael Hutchence
Unbound", which was based on a science fiction time travel story of the same name written by Brian Aldiss.
In 1990, INXS released "X", which spawned more international hits such as "Suicide Blonde" and "Disappear" (both Top 10 in the US). "Suicide Blonde" peaked at No. 2 in Australia and No. 11 in th... | 49,291 |
20269 | Michael Hutchence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%20Hutchence | Michael Hutchence
Noiseworks' album, "Love Versus Money" (1991).
"Welcome to Wherever You Are" was released by INXS in August 1992. It received good critical reviews and went to No. 1 in the UK.
## Later career.
Hutchence and INXS faced reduced commercial success with "Full Moon, Dirty Hearts", especially in the U.S... | 49,292 |
20269 | Michael Hutchence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%20Hutchence | Michael Hutchence
ranked Hutchence fourth in a list of the 15 greatest Australian singers of all time. Billboard described Hutchence as "charismatic," with a "seductive purr and [a] lithe, magnetic stage presence." Paul Donoughue of ABC.net.au wrote that Hutchence had "a phenomenal voice — moody, sexual, and dynamic, a... | 49,293 |
20269 | Michael Hutchence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%20Hutchence | Michael Hutchence
"Hutchence was, without question, one of the truly great frontmen — he expressed the music in a dynamic way that few others could."
# Personal life.
According to "People", Hutchence's "public brawls and onetime open drug use led London tabloids to dub him the 'wild man of rock.'" Hutchence was roman... | 49,294 |
20269 | Michael Hutchence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%20Hutchence | Michael Hutchence
Hutchence did not immediately seek medical assistance for the injury, instead waiting several days before seeing a doctor. As a result, Hutchence's fractured skull left him with an almost complete loss of the sense of smell and significant loss of taste. This injury led to periods of depression and in... | 49,295 |
20269 | Michael Hutchence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%20Hutchence | Michael Hutchence
became romantically involved with Paula Yates. He had met Yates in 1985, during an interview for her program, "The Tube". Yates interviewed Hutchence again in 1994 for her "Big Breakfast" show, and their affair was soon uncovered by the British press. At the time, Yates was married to The Boomtown Rat... | 49,296 |
20269 | Michael Hutchence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%20Hutchence | Michael Hutchence
September 1996, Yates and Hutchence made headlines when they were arrested for suspicion of drug possession after the family nanny reportedly found a small amount of opium in a shoebox underneath their bed. The case was later dropped due to lack of evidence.
# Death.
Hutchence and INXS went on a wor... | 49,297 |
20269 | Michael Hutchence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%20Hutchence | Michael Hutchence
hotel in Double Bay, Sydney.
Actress Kym Wilson was the last person to see Hutchence alive, after partying with him in his hotel room prior to his death.
Geldof and Yates each gave police statements on the phone calls they exchanged with Hutchence on the morning of his death; however, they did not v... | 49,298 |
20269 | Michael Hutchence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%20Hutchence | Michael Hutchence
[he] was terribly upset and he said, 'I don't know how I'll live without seeing Tiger'". Yates indicated that Hutchence said he was going to phone Geldof "to let the girls come to Australia". Geldof's police statements and evidence to the coroner indicated that Geldof did receive a call from Hutchence... | 49,299 |
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