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Archaeologists are using chemistry to learn more about mummies

· npr.org · popularity 33/100 · 0 similar stories today · Anthropology & Archaeology (Discovery & Research)

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Summary

Ancient Egyptian mummy remains were once marketed as medicine. Research finds at least some of these products came from real human remains and that mummy materials keep bodies preserved for millennia.

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