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April 7, 2006

Strange But True!

By BILL SONES and RICH SONES, Ph.D
Special to the Journal

Q. Egyptian mummies of 6,000 years ago — people and pets — you've heard about. But how about mummies out of "Nature's freezer" from 10,000-40,000 years ago?

A. In Egypt, some 70 million people over a 3,000-year span wound up going through the elaborate two-month mummification process, and not just the pharaohs but virtually everyone who could afford it, says Jocelyn Selim in "Discover" magazine. Millions of animal mummies were buried right alongside their owners.


 
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