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Recent Examples of mummy
Mammoth mummies are created when an animal is buried by sediments shortly after its death.
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Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
There, archaeologists found three chambers in which dozens of mummies lay side by side, indicating an ancient mass cemetery.
—Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 18 Dec. 2024
Archaeologists have uncovered several ancient Egyptian tombs containing dozens of mummies—some of which were found with gold tongues and nails—among other remarkable artifacts.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Scientists found mummies covered in ancient cheese By Rachel Feltman
Scientists recently found some cheese that’s been developing its funk for a little bit longer than usual: 3,500 years or so.
—Popular Science Staff, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
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Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
There, archaeologists found three chambers in which dozens of mummies lay side by side, indicating an ancient mass cemetery.
—Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 18 Dec. 2024
Archaeologists have uncovered several ancient Egyptian tombs containing dozens of mummies—some of which were found with gold tongues and nails—among other remarkable artifacts.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Scientists found mummies covered in ancient cheese By Rachel Feltman
Scientists recently found some cheese that’s been developing its funk for a little bit longer than usual: 3,500 years or so.
—Popular Science Staff, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mummy
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Read more Nebraska warned of fires as alert issued for first time in months Inmate describes how execution days change prison Top ally advised Putin to replace Lenin's corpse with his own: report Newsweek has contacted sonicdrive-in for comment via Reddit.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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The corpse was dressed in a dark, heavy cloak and bonnet, its legs were bent with knees not far from the ground.—
Melissa Gray,
NPR,
26 Jan. 2025
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The 15-foot carcass was covered in bite wounds and stripped of its internal organs, leaving locals and scientists with the same question: What on Earth could have killed it?—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2025
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Although the carcasses of many holiday evergreens are discarded with trash bags, others often find a useful, sustainable second life.—
Amelia Nierenberg,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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One day, Jennifer, who is working in a pathology lab, is asked to incinerate a fresh cadaver.—
Elizabeth Kolbert,
The New Yorker,
13 Jan. 2025
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Still, an extensive search involving underwater drones, towable submersible sonar, divers and three K-9 cadaver teams did not turn up Borgwardt's body.—
Claire Reid,
Journal Sentinel,
11 Dec. 2024
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In that regard, Renaissance architects were much closer in spirit to Renaissance writers than to Renaissance painters: Renaissance writers, too, tried to revive a classical language—mainly Cicero’s Latin—by imitating a corpus of extant ancient sources.—
Mario Carpo,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2025
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In the right light, the social network for professionals is a lavish psychoanalytic corpus, bursting with naked ambition, inspiration, desperation, status-seeking, spiritual yearning, brownnosing, name-dropping, corporate shilling, and self-promotion.—
Anna Wiener,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Mummy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mummy. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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