THE MUMMY

The mummy is a corpse is preserved, due to protection from decomposition by natural or artificial means, so that the first form is maintained. This can be achieved by placing the body in a very dry or very cold, or lack of oxygen, or the use of chemicals.

The most famous mummy balm smeared with specific conservation goals, especially in ancient Egypt. The Egyptians believed that the body is where he is a very important person in the after life.

In China, have been found from cypress coffin that sunk by using medicinal plants.

Mummies that formed due to natural events, such as in the super-cold (Ötzi the ice man, acid (Tollund human) or drought found in many places in the world. Some of the best preserved mummy in a natural condition starts since the Inca period in Peru.