Source:: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,155334,00.html
hope you all enjoy... they found a mummy today 2.300 years old.. the source says the rest.. and look at the pictures, very interesting!
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Great find! They say that it's one of the most well preserved mummies and probably is of a very wealthy guy. Very interesting pictures but none showing the actual mummy. 
QUOTE(Bone_Collector @ May 3 2005, 08:35 PM)
Great find! They say that it's one of the most well preserved mummies and probably is of a very wealthy guy. Very interesting pictures but none showing the actual mummy.
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wow that is pretty cool, the coffin looks almost new!
Have any of you ever seen a mummy in the (remains of its) flesh? <g>
he would be dust wouldnt he , when they opened the coffin?? or would it be like bones, but it was soo long ago, wouldnt he just disinigrate??? also, ive seen better sarcofagis's (misspelled sorry) on other tombs, that one dosent seem to be all that amazing. so what makes this guy so special is my question? have we found any mummies latley that were dated back to be that old? (lol lots of questions i hope everyone can awnser them)
QUOTE(LucidElement @ May 4 2005, 08:38 AM)
he would be dust wouldnt he , when they opened the coffin?? or would it be like bones, but it was soo long ago, wouldnt he just disinigrate??? also, ive seen better sarcofagis's (misspelled sorry) on other tombs, that one dosent seem to be all that amazing. so what makes this guy so special is my question? have we found any mummies latley that were dated back to be that old? (lol lots of questions i hope everyone can awnser them)
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you could answer them yourself using this ground breaking new egyptology information tool if you actually took the time. It's quite straightforward to use
http://www.google.co.uk/
Look at that mummy bling.
QUOTE(LucidElement @ May 4 2005, 08:38 AM)
he would be dust wouldnt he , when they opened the coffin?? or would it be like bones, but it was soo long ago, wouldnt he just disinigrate??? also, ive seen better sarcofagis's (misspelled sorry) on other tombs, that one dosent seem to be all that amazing. so what makes this guy so special is my question? have we found any mummies latley that were dated back to be that old? (lol lots of questions i hope everyone can awnser them)
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no funnily enough the egyptians don't rot like that.
theres this process you see
its called mummification
The necropolis is built alongside the collapsed pyramid of Teti, who ruled during ancient Egypt's 6th dynasty, more than 4,300 years ago. Hawass said a "lost" pyramid had been located in the Saqqara area and would be uncovered after two months.
This is what i found intresting a bout the mummy.
This is what i found intresting a bout the mummy.
apart from pharoahs, did any normal egyptian have unusually extravagant burial? 
The earliest ancient Egyptians buried their dead in small pits in the desert. The heat and dryness of the sand dehydrated the bodies quickly, creating lifelike and natural 'mummies'.
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Later, the ancient Egyptians began burying their dead in coffins to protect them from wild animals in the desert. However, they realised that bodies placed in coffins decayed when they were not exposed to the hot, dry sand of the desert.
Over many centuries, the ancient Egyptians developed a method of preserving bodies so they would remain lifelike. The process included embalming the bodies and wrapping them in strips of linen. Today we call this process mummification.
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Later, the ancient Egyptians began burying their dead in coffins to protect them from wild animals in the desert. However, they realised that bodies placed in coffins decayed when they were not exposed to the hot, dry sand of the desert.
Over many centuries, the ancient Egyptians developed a method of preserving bodies so they would remain lifelike. The process included embalming the bodies and wrapping them in strips of linen. Today we call this process mummification.
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QUOTE(Undefined_innocence @ May 4 2005, 05:12 PM)
The earliest ancient Egyptians buried their dead in small pits in the desert. The heat and dryness of the sand dehydrated the bodies quickly, creating lifelike and natural 'mummies'.
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Later, the ancient Egyptians began burying their dead in coffins to protect them from wild animals in the desert. However, they realised that bodies placed in coffins decayed when they were not exposed to the hot, dry sand of the desert.
Over many centuries, the ancient Egyptians developed a method of preserving bodies so they would remain lifelike. The process included embalming the bodies and wrapping them in strips of linen. Today we call this process mummification.
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Later, the ancient Egyptians began burying their dead in coffins to protect them from wild animals in the desert. However, they realised that bodies placed in coffins decayed when they were not exposed to the hot, dry sand of the desert.
Over many centuries, the ancient Egyptians developed a method of preserving bodies so they would remain lifelike. The process included embalming the bodies and wrapping them in strips of linen. Today we call this process mummification.
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theres a world of difference between stuffing a corpse down a hole and the mummification of Pharoah. One takes ten minutes and the other 70 days.
the egyptians had no interest in long term preservation of the body.
once the Ka had left it was regarded as just a husk so they'd hardly be bothered if it was rotting. The reason that mummification was performed at all was to keep the resting place for the pharoahs spirit preserved for a few days after death before he set out on his journey.
The later egyptians removed royal mummies from tombs and stacked them in mausoleums, just so they could re use the tombs
not very respectful of the dead 
nope they didn't give a hoot
thats great thier still finding pharoahs and such, thank god i didnt live back then, i dont wanna be buried in a pit 
QUOTE(Conspiracy @ May 4 2005, 05:38 PM)
thats great thier still finding pharoahs and such, thank god i didnt live back then, i dont wanna be buried in a pit
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or a crocodile
buried alive in apit full of crocodiles?
not a nice way to die methinks
not a nice way to die methinks
QUOTE(The Roswell Man @ May 4 2005, 07:57 PM)
buried alive in apit full of crocodiles?
not a nice way to die methinks
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not a nice way to die methinks
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who said anything about a pit
one medium sized one should be big enough
haha you guys are to much...
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