Concept information
Preferred term
mummies and mummification
Definition
- The term mummy describes the corpse of an organism where decay is arrested for a considerable period of time and a semblance of life-like appearance is preserved. Some natural environments can mummify animal and human bodies spontaneously, thereby preserving them over great periods of time. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Mummies and Mummification]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/mummies_and_mummification
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