Bronze Age Britons Mummified Their Dead

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Mummies May Have Been Scattered Across Bronze Age Britain

The classic mental image of a mummy comes via ancient Egypt, where specialists ritually removed organs and tightly wrapped bodies in bandages to preserve rulers and nobles and allow them passage to the afterlife. But around 4,000 years ago, while these elaborate death rituals were in full swing, a different kind of mummy may have been taking shape in Bronze Age Britain.

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