🧟‍♂️ Fascinating Facts About Mummies! 🧟‍♀️

[Wookie]

Did you know that ancient Egyptians weren't the only ones to mummify their dead?
Mummification practices were also found in other cultures, such as the Chinchorro people of South America, who began mummifying their dead around 5000 BC, long before the Egyptians!

Feel free to share more interesting mummy facts!

 

[seokjin]

Though most famous for Egyptian mummies, cultures worldwide practiced mummification, each with unique methods and beliefs.

 

[Tedday2223]

All this time I thought only Egyptian did that. Another thing is, organs were mummified separately.If left inside the body, the lungs, liver, stomach, and intestines would decay.

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[Dawn]

that means mummies everywhere! that's really amazing!

 

[Bulsky]

Did you know that ancient Egyptians weren't the only ones to mummify their dead?
Mummification practices were also found in other cultures, such as the Chinchorro people of South America, who began mummifying their dead around 5000 BC, long before the Egyptians!

Feel free to share more interesting mummy facts!

Mummy mania wasn't just Egypt! South Americans were preserving their dead way earlier!