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NOVA Online: Mummies 101 [ Profile ] - Photographs and descriptions of remains found in Europe, China, Egypt and South America. Includes an explanation of both intentional and accidental mummification.

NOVA Online: The Takla Makan Mummies [ Profile ] - Features illustrated details of these 3000-year-old bodies found in a remote Chinese desert.

Mystery of the Mummies [ Profile ] - Describes the discovery of ancient remains in the Tarim Basin area of China, and compares them to similar finds in Egypt.

Questions About Mummies and Bog Bodies [ Profile ] - Dr Dig provides answers about Tollund Man, Ötzi the Ice Man, and why mummification in Egypt took 70 days.

Mummies Unwrapped [ Profile ] - A ThinkQuest project presents illustrated information about bodies that have been intentionally or accidentally preserved in sand, tar, mud, ice or peat. Includes a reference crypt and a mummy recipe.

Bodies of the Bogs [ Profile ] - An illustrated feature from Archaeology on the remains of many hundreds of people which have come to light during peat cutting in northwestern Europe.

Ice Mummies [ Profile ] - Archaeological expedition in search of frozen sacrifices on the summit of Sara Sara in Peru.
 
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Mummification - Interactive features allow the user to learn about how bodies were prepared, examine a mummy and its coffin, and take a journey through the underworld.