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Definition of Mummifying
1. mummify [v] - See also: mummify
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mummifying
Literary usage of Mummifying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mummy: Chapters on Egyptian Funereal Archaeology by Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge (1894)
"Whether the art of mummifying was known to the aboriginal inhabitants of Egypt,
or whether it was introduced by the new-comers from Asia, is a question ..."
2. The International Dental Journal by Odontological Society of Pennsylvania (1903)
"It must be considered that the ancients spent many days in the employment of the
mummifying chemicals upon the dead body and that parts subject to ..."
3. Journal of the British Dental Association by British Dental Association (1898)
"The use of a Mummifying Paste in the Treatment of Devitalised Teeth. Mr.
Montagu Hopson in a recent issue of the British Journal of Dental Science gives the ..."
4. A Guide to the First and Second Egyptian Rooms: Mummies, Mummy-cases, and by Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge (1898)
"The cost of mummifying a body in this fashion was a talent of silver, or about £240.
... The cost of mummifying in this manner was 22 minae, or nearly £go. ..."
5. The Nile: Notes for Travellers in Egypt by Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge (1907)
"The cost of mummifying a body in this fashion was a talent of silver, ie, ...
In the second method of mummifying the brain was not removed at all, ..."
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