Mummies

British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer (1748–1832)

300px|thumb|A mummified man likely to be Ramesses I A mummy is a dead human or an animal whose soft tissues and organs have been preserved by either intentional or accidental exposure to chemicals, extreme cold, very low humidity, or lack of air, so that the recovered body does not decay further if kept in cool and dry conditions. Some authorities restrict the use of the term to bodies deliberately embalmed with chemicals, but the use of the word to cover accidentally desiccated bodies goes back to at least the early 17th century.

Ötzi, also called The Iceman, Similaun man, or Tyrolean Iceman, is the natural mummy of a man who lived between 3350 and 3105 BC. Ötzi's remains were discovered on 19 September 1991, in the Ötztal Alps (hence the nickname "Ötzi", ) at the Austria–Italy border. He is Europe's oldest known natural human mummy, offering an unprecedented view of Chalcolithic (Copper Age) Europeans.

heir of the French throne

English mountaineer (1886-1924)

corpse conserved in a bog

Empress consort of Brasil (1812–1873)

American naval officer (1747–1792)

Mexican side show performer

Italian child who died of pneumonia

specially prepared human head

unidentified deceased mountain climber

well-preserved ancient body found in China

mummy of a woman found in the Republic of Altai, Russia

Bronze age girl found in a Danish burial mound

is a type of Buddhist mummy. In Japan the term refers to the practice of Buddhist monks observing asceticism to the point of death and entering mummification while alive. Although mummified monks are seen in a number of Buddhist countries, especially in Southeast Asia where monks are mummified after dying of natural causes, it is believed that it is only in Japan where monks have induced their own deaths by starvation.

Iron Age bog body found in England who was beaten with a club and had his throat cut before death

burial catacombs of the Capuchin monks in Palermo, Sicily

Qilakitsoq () is an abandoned settlement and an important archaeological site in Greenland. It is the location of the discovery of eight mummified corpses from the Thule period. These Inuit mummies offer important insights into the lives of Inuit about 500 years ago.

female wooly mammoth calf mummy

Austrian marshal (1651-1702)

thumb|400px|The body of Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado (1643–1731), Monastery of St. Catherine of Siena found to be incorrupt by the Catholic Church ([[Tenerife, Spain).]] Incorruptibility is a Catholic and Orthodox belief that divine intervention allows some human bodies (specifically saints and beati) to completely or partially avoid the normal process of decomposition after death as a sign of their holiness.

modified fish carcass to resemble fictional creature

Buddhist lama (1852–1927)

Memorial of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda

British eccentric

legendary medicinal substance, found in Chinese sources, stating that old Arabian men voluntarily start bathing in—and eating only—honey; after death, the body is put in a honey-filled coffin; after a century, the contents could heal broken limbs

mummified bodies in Guanajuato, Mexico

West German mountain climber (1940–1979)

The Saltmen (, mardān-e namakī) are the preserved remains of multiple human individuals that were discovered in the Chehrabad salt mines, located on the southern part of the Hamzehlu village, on the west side of the city of Zanjan, in the Zanjan Province in Iran. By 2010, the remains of six men had been discovered, most of them accidentally killed by the collapse of galleries in which they were working. The head and left foot of Saltman 1 are on display at the National Museum of Iran in Tehran.

mammoth

fake mummified body of a half-mammal half-fish

brown paint made from white pitch, myrrh, and ground-up Egyptian mummies

archaeological hoax

Scottish peer, politician and art collector (1767-1852)

American outlaw

British explorer

priest, preacher and politician in New Spain

bronze age woman found in a tumulus in Denmark

preserved body found in Wyoming, United States

incorrupt bodies of Buddhist monks and nuns

Canadian mummy

Italian noble and condottiero (1346-1413)

human mummy found in Nevada

Norwegian sailor

German noble (1651-1702)

mummified Buddhist monk

Fet-Mats or Fat Mats (born Mats Israelsson; died 1677) was a natural mummy found in Sweden in 1719.

mummy found in Peru

American cult leader

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