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# mummification

noun (mummification — uncountable)

«mummification» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The process of preserving a dead body so that it does not rot, as the ancient Egyptians did. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mummification/#m1)
2. The natural drying and preserving of a body in very dry, cold or boggy places. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mummification/#m2)

### In the lessons

A favourite topic in history lessons on Ancient Egypt: the Egyptians removed organs, dried the body with a salt called natron, wrapped it in linen bandages and put it in a coffin, because they believed the body was needed in the afterlife. In science, natural mummification shows how dryness and cold stop decay.

### Examples

- Mummification in ancient Egypt could take about seventy days. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mummification/#x1)
- The Egyptians used natron salt in mummification. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mummification/#x2)
- We learned about mummification in our history topic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mummification/#x3)
- Even cats and crocodiles were preserved by mummification. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mummification/#x4)
- Ötzi the Iceman shows natural mummification in ice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mummification/#x5)
- Bog bodies found in Ireland and Denmark were preserved by natural mummification. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mummification/#x6)
- Ancient Egyptians believed mummification helped the dead in the afterlife. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mummification/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable. Verb: "mummify" (mummifies, mummified). The body is "a mummy" (trap: in the UK "mummy" is also a child's word for mother). Myth: mummies do not come back to life; that is only in films.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «mummification» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mummification/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mummification» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mummification.html) on Mova free.