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12,000 Years Ago, Someone Figured Out How to Make a Mummy—and Stop the Dead From Rotting
A new study may be rewriting what we thought we knew about the mummy. While Egypt and Chile usually steal the spotlight, a team of scientists now believes the world’s oldest mummies could actually ...
NEW YORK — Scientists have discovered what’s thought to be the oldest known mummies in the world in southeastern Asia, dating back up to 12,000 years. Mummification prevents decay by preserving dead ...
The headline takeaway is scale and sensitivity: the team reported identifying 81 distinct VOCs. Those compounds clustered into four main ingredient groups linked to ancient embalming practice - fats ...
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