adjective
definition
Preserved, for a dead body, by mummification.
verb
definition
To make into a mummy, by preserving a dead body.
definition
To become a mummy.
Examples of mummified in a Sentence
After death it was mummified and buried in a rock-tomb.
The mummified corpse as a divine thing - not the mere khat - was called the sahu (an old word meaning "noble") or ikh, which in the latter period meant a spirit or demon.
The Empty Pyramid The Great Pyramid was found containing no tomb of a great Pharoah, no mummified remains or religious paraphernalia.
Offerings of cat statuettes and mummified cats, as shown here, were presented at temples.
They are there, it is true; but they seem mummified.
Canopic Jars - Canopic jars were the jars Egyptians used to store the internal organs of the dead that were removed when bodies were mummified.
The mummified body was that of Elmer McCurdy, a train robber from 1911.
A local undertaker had mummified him and placed him on display at his funeral home.
From mummified remains to ancient carvings in clay, evidence of early tattooing goes back many thousands of years.
Body piercings have been found on mummified remains and body jewelry has been located in caches of grave goods dating as far back as 5,000 years ago.
The other teammates wrap those people in toilet paper until they are completely mummified.
In ancient Egypt, cats and dogs were mummified because they were believed to have an afterlife, and Egyptian Gods had animal heads.
A mother in Kazakhstan kept her daughter's mummified corpse in her flat for three years.
In addition to Ayesha's personal tragedy, there is a poignant vignette detailing a young boy's infatuation with a mummified woman.
But these are only surmises, based upon the fact that in various dry caves limbs still surrounded by the mummified flesh and skin, feathers, and even eggs with the inner membrane, have been found.
The conidia are fragrant and are carried by bees to the stigma of the bilberry; here they germinate with the pollen and the hyphae pass with the pollen tubes down the style; the former infect the ovules and produce sclerotia, therein reducing the fruits to a mummified condition.