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Prehistoric mummy reveals ancient Egyptian embalming 'recipe' was around for millennia
EurekAlert! ^
| August 15, 2018
| University of York
Posted on 08/21/2018 3:06:44 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
It is the first time that extensive tests have been carried out on an intact prehistoric mummy, consolidating the researchers' previous findings that embalming was taking place 1,500 years earlier than previously accepted. Dating from c.3700-3500 BC, the mummy has been housed in the Egyptian Museum in Turin since 1901, but unlike the majority of other prehistoric mummies in museums, it has never undergone any conservation treatments, providing a unique opportunity for accurate scientific analysis. Like its famous counterpart Gebelein Man A in the British Museum, the Turin mummy was previously assumed to have been naturally mummified by the desiccating action of the hot, dry desert sand. Using chemical analysis, the scientific team led by the Universities of York and Macquarie uncovered evidence that the mummy had in fact undergone an embalming process, with a plant oil, heated conifer resin, an aromatic plant extract and a plant gum/sugar mixed together and used to impregnate the funerary textiles in which the body was wrapped. This 'recipe' contained antibacterial agents, used in similar proportions to those employed by the Egyptian embalmers when their skill was at its peak some 2,500 years later.
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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: ancientautopsies; egypt; gebeleinmana; godsgravesglyphs; herbalremedy; mummies; turin; turinmummy
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The mummy has been housed in the Egyptian Museum in Turin since 1901. Credit: Dr Stephen Buckley, University of York
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posted on
08/21/2018 3:06:44 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
Most recently, used to preserve Twinkies.
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posted on
08/21/2018 3:09:42 PM PDT
by
Fido969
(In!)
To: SunkenCiv
Really on a roll...you must be bored.
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posted on
08/21/2018 3:14:43 PM PDT
by
Fungi
To: Fido969
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posted on
08/21/2018 3:20:46 PM PDT
by
MUDDOG
To: SunkenCiv
Thanks, SunkenCiv. Your posts are always enlightening.
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posted on
08/21/2018 3:23:52 PM PDT
by
Cincinnatus.45-70
(What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
To: lonevoice
To: SunkenCiv
Did they play foot ball with that?
To: SunkenCiv
Prehistoric mummy reveals ancient Egyptian embalming ‘recipe’ was around for millennia
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11 herbs and spices
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posted on
08/21/2018 4:13:03 PM PDT
by
Flick Lives
("When they go low, we go spy." - Hillary Clinton campaign slogan)
To: SunkenCiv
Thanks SunkinCiv! I love your posts.
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posted on
08/21/2018 7:16:48 PM PDT
by
Inyo-Mono
To: Inyo-Mono
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posted on
08/22/2018 12:08:42 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
To: Fungi
Yeah, I’ve got the roll on the cutting board right now.
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posted on
08/22/2018 12:11:32 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
Oh, I forgot to ping the list — it just goes to show ya, once again, that people interested in mummies aren’t wrapped too tight.
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08/22/2018 12:12:17 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
To: Flick Lives
I think they were the guest of honor for some food preservation group, were buried to dry out into something like jerky, then no one could find him to dig him up, or just never went back to do it.
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08/22/2018 12:23:15 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
To: Cincinnatus.45-70
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08/22/2018 12:23:50 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
To: Fido969
Do those things spoil anyway?
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08/22/2018 12:26:13 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
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posted on
08/22/2018 6:06:04 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
To: SunkenCiv
Millennia..............that’s a long time.................
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posted on
08/22/2018 6:11:48 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(July 2018 - the month the world learns the TRUTH......Q Anon.......Timelines change. Aug 16)
To: Red Badger
Millennia..............thats a long time.................
No, that’s President Trump’s wife.
President Trump....I just love hearing that.
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08/22/2018 6:20:26 AM PDT
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tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: tet68
LOL!.....#METOO...................
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08/22/2018 6:39:04 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(July 2018 - the month the world learns the TRUTH......Q Anon.......Timelines change. Aug 16)
To: SunkenCiv
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08/22/2018 8:03:17 AM PDT
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bert
((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12) Muller..... conspiracy to over throw the government)
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