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The pharaoh, whose mummy is showcased at a Cairo museum, ruled between 1390–1353 BC, a peaceful period known for its prosperity and great construction, including his mortuary temple, where the Colossi of Memnon are located, and another temple, Soleb, in Nubia.
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CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025
The mummy of the Mysterious Lady was not pregnant, and Egyptian mummies smell spicy, sweet, and woody.
—Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
The most significant of glacial archaeological finds is Ötzi the Iceman, a 5,300-year-old mummy discovered in the Ötztal Alps in 1991, but as climate change accelerates, glaciers are coughing up more and more secrets, like the body discovered last month.
—Outside, 18 Nov. 2025
Scientists have also detected RNA in the tissue of Ötzi the Iceman, a 5,300-year-old mummy found frozen in the Alps.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 15 Nov. 2025
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CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025
The mummy of the Mysterious Lady was not pregnant, and Egyptian mummies smell spicy, sweet, and woody.
—Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
The most significant of glacial archaeological finds is Ötzi the Iceman, a 5,300-year-old mummy discovered in the Ötztal Alps in 1991, but as climate change accelerates, glaciers are coughing up more and more secrets, like the body discovered last month.
—Outside, 18 Nov. 2025
Scientists have also detected RNA in the tissue of Ötzi the Iceman, a 5,300-year-old mummy found frozen in the Alps.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 15 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mummy
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At least 33 bodies — including children and dismembered remains stuffed in sacks — were unearthed from a mass grave in western Kenya on Thursday, raising questions about whether the corpses were secretly moved from a hospital morgue.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
29 Mar. 2026
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An investigation by Colorado's 12th Judicial District Attorney led to the indictment of the Costilla County sheriff and other former and current employees on Thursday on various charges, including assault and abuse of a corpse.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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These are not the polished relics of admirals and officers but the everyday possessions of working men who fought and died aboard a burning warship.—
Samantha Agate,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Apr. 2026
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The sculpture has spent decades inside one of around 16,000 unopened storage containers alongside other rare, uncatalogued relics.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
2 Apr. 2026
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In that video, the influencer appears to come across what is seemingly the carcass of an alligator floating in the water and shoots it repeatedly.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2026
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City Parks workers were joined on the beach by the State Department of Environmental Conservation, which is assisting in securing the carcass, which drew onlookers throughout the day.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
26 Mar. 2026
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News that cadaver dogs did not definitively pick up any traces of Shaffer there or anywhere else around the bar.—
Alex Gurley,
PEOPLE,
1 Apr. 2026
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Officials are working with an anthropologist, cadaver dogs and additional law enforcement resources as the investigation continues.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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His maternal grandfather, Hassan al-Banna, founded the Muslim Brotherhood, an organization advocating a return to the Qurʾān and the Hadith (a corpus of the sayings or traditions of the Prophet Muhammad) as guidelines for a healthy and thriving Islamic society in the modern era.—
André Munro,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 Mar. 2026
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By rejoicing in the rich history of his corpus and using it to guide our own work.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Mar. 2026
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