The Mummies

We all see these movies the return of the mummy , the mummy and others impressed by the scenery and we are frightened of the mummies are usually provided by the scary movies, and awesome magical powers, let us know about the mummy up close.

Mummy

A body, frozen and which - by protecting them from degradation, either through natural or artificial - have maintained their shape. The process of conservation, either by drying the full, deep cooling, the absence of oxygen or the use of chemicals. And release the word mummy on all the human remains of soft tissues. And mummification may be present in every continent but in a way linked to the ancient Egyptians for this is attributed to them. It was the first study of the mummies were in the 19 century. Famous mummies are those that deliberately mummified to save for long periods, especially those mummies dating back to the pharaohs of ancient Egyptians. Secure the ancient Egyptians that the body is the home of the Ka or the spouse, which is one of the five elements that make up the human, which made the preservation of the body necessary for the other life eternal, which the Egyptians believe that a person goes to when he died. Associated with mummies, myths and Egyptian mummies. But many discovered mummies reserved were found in all parts of the world and all continents.

Original language:

Word mummy call origin hieroglyphic "mm", which means wax or tar, which was used in mummification processes. Has been derived for the later call (Mummy) and then spread to the Indo-European languages.

Egyptian mummies:

Egyptian mummies are not just for the rolls of linen cloth is corrupted by the dead bodies only. But a way to permanent homes for life. This method is fraudulent death. The brain extract in the embalming of the nose and eating viscera of the abdomen, chest and router body was soaked in salt and dried. The dry skin treated with a mixture of oils and glues. And found that the mummy was damaged tens of meters of linen cloth to make them clothes of the deceased in the other eternal life. It was recited by the spells and rituals practiced by the pre-burial and was buried with food and drink and all that will need to live a happy life after death. The mummies were buried in the sand in tombs in wide desert and dry to absorb fluids from the body and dried for keeping the skin and nails and hair away from the banks of the Nile, where agriculture. Haves and was buried in the graves constructed. The ancient Egyptians wrapped Dead linen cloth soaked in glue since 3400 years BC. M.

Mummies in South America:

With the knowledge that there is no one directory on the validity of this talk is not concrete evidence that one of mummification was practiced also in South America by the ancient Egyptians thousands of years. It has been found on the boy's head Henkoro the coast of the Atacama Desert and northern Chile and southern Peru was mummification done Henkoro group that was fishing for fish that did not have the attributes that a civilized only mummification. Since 6000 years BC. M. Mummification was re-building the body of the deceased after extracting the meat from the body of the deceased and the internal organs, skin and brain. It was bone dry hot ash. Then reconstituted by linking branches to install it and stuffing with herbs and covered the skin and patched leather pelican bird or seven sea. It covers the skin with a layer of thick ash paste and put a mask of mud on the face, painted black or manganese salts of red dye into a version similar to the dead. The re-paint the mask. Most of the mummies Hinnikoro of children and fetuses.. Has been the embalming by Henkuru civilizations in Peru before the arrival of the Spaniards, especially in the Arizona rain forest and desert areas. The objects were stuffed in a squatting position where the knee was tight under the chin, the hands placed near the face and jaws was open. The mummy was covered with a cloth. There are ice mummies from the time of the Incas, where reserves the mountains above the icy peaks of offerings that become human mummies reserved freeze. It has recently been found in the ice over the Andes to 100 frozen mummy, surrounded by gold and silver, accompanied by gifts of the gods. When the Spaniards colonized the region looted gold and silver and the mummies were stripped of her clothes in the area of Joash since 1532 and prevented citizens from keeping their lives . Most of the mummies of Europe and America, which he found had been filed as a natural ice-preserved body was freezing in the mountains of the Alps at the Austrian border of Italy since 5000 and 8 bodies were found frozen to women and children in her skin Court in a refrigerator Greenland 500 years old. And found the mummies of the salt (material) in north-western Europe, where the acidic environment, which kept the tissue and make the skin color dark brown. And go back to the Iron Age 400 BC. M. -400 M mummies Europe and North America. And most of them crushed skulls and throat strangled or longitudinal slots and had made offerings, and the most famous mummy Tolond found in Denmark.

Mummies in Asia

In China and specifically in the area of the Tarim mummies found on the Tarim mummies with Caucasian features red hair and clothes Tatar 3500 years old have been found in the desert of Takla what was in West China. He had found the mummy of a woman in a refrigerator Altai on the border of Siberia with Mongolia. It has been found on mummies in Alaska and south-west of America, Italy and Australia. Have been found on mummies left behind cave tribe Iiballowa Ibaloi city located Kabayan Benguet province in northern Philippines for hundreds of years and particularly since the 12 century until the coming of the Spanish priests in the 16 century. The mummies were in a squatting position like embryo in wood and most of their mouths stretched as if defying death .. The wealthy come to choose their death bury their tombs, which was later death, especially if they suffer from disease or death or old age. And he was giving them a saline solution, they are still alive because they believe that it cleans the internal organs .. After their death was the eldest son of breathing tobacco smoke in the mouth of his deceased father to cleanse and protect tissues. Mouths of the mummies is empty. Then take off clothes of the deceased and wash with fresh water and placed over a chair and restricts his head and back. And kindles a low heat for drying the body of the deceased. The vessel was placed beneath it to come down by the fluids that are believed to be sacred is not wasted, but maintains it and when to get rid of the dead body of fluid is placed in the sun to speed up the drying process. , Then peel off the skin and place skin lets you place the local plants. Then cover the tattoo place is decorated with paintings and regular. The tattoo was painted with a mixture of soot (soot or soot) and tomato juice and water was placed under the skin with a needle. And near the burial cave was cut pine tree fresh for the work of the shroud. Mummy was discovered in Yemen, dating back to 3200in approximately the same as 1200 BC AD.

The curse of the mummy

The people of the tribe Iiballowa believe that when a person dies his soul remains to interfere with the living. And revolves around the lives of these legends and curses. This also echoes ancient Egyptian mummies about where it is believed that they should be left in the cemeteries to live in peace and harassed her in her sleep haunted by the curses of extracts.

Contributions from Nagy.