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Birth of The Mummy

The word mummy, for the embalmed bodies of Egyptian notables, does not come from Egypt or even from the Arab world. It is thought to be derived from a Persian word “mummia”, meaning ‘bitumen’ or ‘tar’. Mummies were so named because ancient people who came across the age-blackened corpses believed wrongly that the bodies were a source of tar.

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