mummification
IPA: mʌmɪfɪkˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- The preserving of a dead body, by making it into a mummy.
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Examples of "mummification" in Sentences
- The link to natural mummification will fly out.
- Mummification was practiced throughout the islands.
- The sankar empire also had a form of mummification.
- Mummification is the drying of bodies to preserve them.
- It causes mummification of the brood of a honey bee colony.
- Linen was used by Egyptians in ancient times for mummification.
- Mummification of the ibis included desiccation and evisceration.
- Mummification was a key part in the worshipping of these animals.
- Dry and windy environments can dehydrate a corpse, leading to mummification.
- For religious reasons, they practiced the mummification of their dead pharaohs.