Word Finder - mummy

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An embalmed human or animal corpse wrapped in linen bandages for burial, especially as practised by the ancient Egyptians and some Native American tribes.

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(by extension) A reanimated embalmed human corpse, as a typical character in horror films.

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(by extension) Any naturally preserved human or animal body.

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A brown pigment originally prepared from the ground-up remains of Egyptian animal or human mummies mixed with bitumen, etc.

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• mummy brown

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A pulp.

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A substance used in medicine, prepared from mummified flesh.

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A sort of wax used in grafting.

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To mummify.

A word may be added about the use of mummy in medicine.

In most of the tombs is a chamber in which the mummy was placed, the Egyptian Christians at first continuing this method of preserving the bodies of their dead.

It was not till the 18th century that the importance of mummy in all its forms waned, and in some of the least progressive quarters of central Europe it survived even to the middle of the 19th.

In many cases the mummy had to be conveyed across the Nile, and boats were gaily decked out for this purpose.

Seqenenr is here a leading name; the mummy of the third Seqenenr, the earliest in.

The goal is to figure out how to get the mummy out of the tomb.

No one knew where the mummy had originally come from, only that it had been in storage for decades.

You'll have to use ground pound attacks to defeat the mummy.

Whether you plan on dressing up as a zombie, vampire, mummy or a monster, there is a scary lens for you.

Mummy style sleeping bags work well with winter camping because they are tight fitting and well insulated.

The Wolfman showed up in Mrs. Worthington's trunk and two of her friends, the gift shop owner included, reported a mummy and an assortment of armor.

In the Middle Kingdom these are gradually replaced by small models of the mummy itself, and the belief arose that when their owner was called upon to perform any distasteful work in the nether world, they would answer to his name and do the task for him.

Tethmosis, to judge by the evidence of his mummy and the chronology of his reign, was already a grown man, yet no sign of the immense powers which he displayed later has come down to us from the joint reign.

Among the turgid wheats there is a frequent tendency in the spike to branch or become compound - a tendency which is manifested to a less degree in other forms. The Egyptian, or so-called "mummy" wheat is of this character, the lower part of the spike branching out into several subdivisions.

In 1991, Ötzi, a Stone Age male mummy, was found in the Ötztal Alps, bordering Austria and Italy.

This mummy had numerous tattoos, which were hypothesized as being used for medicinal cures, spiritual ceremonies, or indicating social status.

Barrel sleeping bags-the best choice for warmer climates, these tend to be a little roomier than mummy bags.

You can frequent your local costume shop if it's the right time of year, or make your own half-revived mummy get up with toilet paper and markers.

The selected mummy will lie flat on his back, while the wrapper scurries with just 2-3 minutes to wrap his partner from head to toe.

Some report that the Titanic carried a cursed mummy.

The mummy had previously brought grave misfortune upon all who owned it.

A tattooed female mummy discovered in the Egyptian city of Thebes dates back 3,000 to 4,000 years.

Mountain Rescue had him on a litter, all wrapped up like an Egyptian mummy.

This led further to the medicinal use of fragments of the mummies themselves; and, finally, the starting-point was lost sight of, so that the dried or prepared flesh of criminals became one of the standard forms of mummy in the pharmacopoeia.

There is little sign of the existence of gout or of syphilitic diseases until late times (see MUMMY).

So too the bull of Apis frol dack animal with white spots) was during its lifetime regarded tra(reincarnation of Ptah, the local god of Memphis, and similarly not Mnevis and Bacis bulls were accounted to be the living in s Es of Etom of Heliopolis and of Re of Hermonthis respec- cen ly; these latter cults are certainly secondary, for Ptah of 1 iself was never, either early or late, depicted otherwise than 0th iuman form, as a mummy or as a dwarf; and Etom and Re Hoi but different names of the sun-god.

Nevertheless, we will not forget that some Egyptian wheat was handed down to us by a mummy.

These representations can take many different forms, from statues of mummies to reliefs and paintings of mummies and mummification process to sarcophagus statues that open up to reveal a mummy resting inside.

James Bond's Daniel Craig wed The Mummy's Rachel Weisz in an intimiate ceremony in upstate New York on June 22, 2011.

In 2001, Johnson landed the supporting role in The Mummy Returns as the Scorpion King and later, a leading role in the follow up film The Scorpion King.

The Mummy Returns earned $433 million and The Scorpion King, while not as successful, still earned a respectable $165 million worldwide.

At 10,000-year-old sites in Tanzoumaitak, Algeria, tattooing instruments used for puncturing the skin were found with the female tattooed mummy of Tassili N'Ajje.

Ukok priestess mummy, nicknamed the Siberian Ice Maiden, was found on the steppes of eastern Russia.

You can see that lovable ogre Shrek in 4-D, be chased by the fearful Mummy in Revenge of the Mummy or get scared in Universal's House of Horror which was voted one of America's best haunted attractions by Hauntworld Magazine.

Mummy sleeping bags-these tend to be warmer because they are more "fitted" and have less air space than a barrel sleeping bag.

Mummy sleeping bags are also more compact and lighter to carry which is a big plus if your child carries his own pack.

Mummy Escape- The curse of the mummy has always been a part of Egyptian folklore.

This game could focus around a group of archaeologists who have entered a pyramid and unwittingly woke up the bloodthirsty mummy!

The dice gets rolled again, and the mummy moves.

The first one that gets out wins, and the others are just left for the mummy to take care of.

Try your hand at a game of Mummy's Curse, help the Sultan find the Queens in Sultan Solitaire or uncover cards in a game of Crazy Quilt Solitaire.

You can also be a classic mummy - wear a white shirt and pants or leggings, then use white gauze from the drugstore and wrap it around your head (leaving your eyes, nose and mouth free, of course) and as much of your body as you can.

Mummy wrapping is a great game for a group of active kids.

Ask teams to choose who will play mummy and who will play wrapper.

The team with the mummy who has the most wrap wins!

The following year gave us The Mummy and there were plenty of others to come and go in the ensuing years.

One of the most popular items was the mummy.

People of all ages could see a mummy close up, and even touch it for the price of admission to the funhouse.

The mummy was finally given a proper burial as a John Doe.

An American museum purchased the mummy of Amen-Ra, and were shipping it from England to the United States aboard the Titanic.