Discovered on September the 19th 1991, Otzi the Iceman is Europe’s oldest preserved mummy, living around the time of 3,300 BCE. Discovered in a deep, cold place in the Otzal Alps, Otzi had been discovered by 2 hikers, where Otzi was in a melting glacier. One theory suggests that Otzi had hiked up to the mountains after battling in conflict, where Otzi tried to find some rest, but hypothermia had found him instead. With Otzi was some magnificent equipment and high quality clothing that represent
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and why. About two dozen researchers meet at Bolzano Museum to try to extract the arrowhead. Researcher Dr. Egarter Vigl will be joining Anthropologist Albert Zink who is leading the procedure. In order to obtain the arrow they must first thaw the mummy. They will have a total of 9 hours before they must freeze Itzi again. Two kinds of methods are actually being followed here, one being the scientific method and the historically research method. While one will help us trying to figure out what happened
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concluded that the concept began with a strange “striptease” during the 1820s where state mummies were unwrapped. This inspired a little known novelist named Jan Loudon Webb to write a book called “The Mummy”. This book was set in the 22nd century and featured an angry, vengeful mummy who came back to life and threatened to strangle the books here. Other novelists also developed stories along the lines of the mummies curse in both England and America. A second theory some believe to be “the curse
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ashes into small rocket. Even animal is mummified. In 1798 napoleons’ campaign spread a new ways of mummification. Bob Briers also known Mr. Mummy, tries to mummified a dead body and for it success he said that “we do the project not to get the mummy but to get knowledge”. Bionic involves by freezing the body by the liquid nitrogen. And for some nature makes mummies. Some bones/bodies found with a slit in their throats, strangulation and hanging. Many scholars believed that they sacrificed to their Gods
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the findings based on historical evidence and theories to explore the mystery of Otzi the Iceman. The iceman is one of the oldest mummies in the world and is also a ‘wet mummy’ which means humidity is retained in individual cells and as such the body tissue is elastic and therefore suitable for performing scientific investigations. The iceman is also a natural mummy having had no burial rites or any other intervention. There is mystery around the death of the iceman and also controversy when he
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The Egyptian's burial rituals were more focus on the path to the after life, than the actual after life itself. There was three different types of burials that was performed based on how affordable it was. Everyone had deserved one, even if you were too poor to pay for one of the three you still was able to have some form of one to go to the afterlife. Even the mourning was dramatic according to Herodotus (413 BCE), they would plaster their faces in mud, leave the dead with relatives and then wear
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life at this time must have been a struggle for survival and she represents the core of the cycle of life. Khafre is a "Ka" statue, meant to be buried with the mummified body of the king of which he is a portrait. It is to serve as a back-up to the mummy to offer a place for the Ka, or soul, to reside at night. The portrait also helps the Ka recognize its residence and body. Most Egyptian art focused on permanence and the afterlife such as this one. Whereas Venus is probably an offering to the gods
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------------------------------------------------- The Mystery of King Tut HUM 111 – World Cultures 1 NANCY RHETT MAY 1, 2016 Professor Mayhall The Mystery of Tutankhamen is one that has been written about before Howard Carter found the tomb on November 26
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After death, the pharaohs of Egypt were mummified and buried in tombs. Members of the government and officials also received the same treatment, and sometimes common people who could afford the process. The process to mummify a person took around seventy days, and was a long process with with several steps. People were in charge of treating and wrapping the body. The body was taken to them by the family and chose the method and quality of the mummification. The best and expensive methods were used
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Mummy and I Written by Winnie Nguyen Pham Nov 12th 2011 Every step that I am walking is followed by Mummy. I am very lucky and very proud of you, Mummy. I love you, Mummy. You are not only watching me, but also one of my best friends. When I was a little kid, you taught me how to be a good person, how to communicate well with people. You had one wish that you wanted to be fluent in English both in listening and speaking. However, it was unlucky that you could not do it because of the some conditions
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