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Highlights At The British Museum From ancient Egyptian mummies to Assyrian reliefs and intricate artifacts from Indigenous cultures around the world, the museum's vast collection spans more than two million years of history.
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David Nikel, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Even though in the past, many researchers and non-researchers alike would unwrap Egyptian mummies for research and non-research purposes.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 24 Mar. 2025
According to the Associated Press, which first reported on the study, researchers from the University College London and the University of Ljubljana set out to investigate the aromas emitted by 5,000-year-old Egyptian mummies stored at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 14 Feb. 2025
Watch on Deadline That play, written with the prisoners by professional director Brent Buell, had everything from zombie mummies to Freddy Krueger.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 21 Nov. 2024
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David Nikel, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Even though in the past, many researchers and non-researchers alike would unwrap Egyptian mummies for research and non-research purposes.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 24 Mar. 2025
According to the Associated Press, which first reported on the study, researchers from the University College London and the University of Ljubljana set out to investigate the aromas emitted by 5,000-year-old Egyptian mummies stored at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 14 Feb. 2025
Watch on Deadline That play, written with the prisoners by professional director Brent Buell, had everything from zombie mummies to Freddy Krueger.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 21 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mummy
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The vengeful, eponymous matriarch, played by German actress Maja Tervooren (Maren Eggert), has killed her children and attempts to present their bloodied corpses to her husband Jason, embodied fiercely by French-Senegalese star Nourou Cissokho (Jean-Christophe Folly).—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
28 Sep. 2025
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Brady’s troop of photographers appear to have sometimes moved corpses to compose a better shot.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
27 Sep. 2025
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These relics may contain explosives like TNT, chemical remnants, and even nuclear material.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
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While the 1972 London Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution put an end to the legal dumping of unused explosive munitions in the sea, these relics now provide a rich area of study for marine biologists, offering a real-world look at how animals adapt to habitat disturbances.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
25 Sep. 2025
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But a lot of risk in eating a rotting carcass that has sat in the sun a day too long.—
Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Sep. 2025
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Mickey picked the carcass up by the tail, Kelly clapping and rushing forward.—
David Wright Faladé,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
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Olsen’s dental team also had to rebuild her jawbone with cadaver bone grafts, wire her jaw shut, remove broken teeth, and stabilize ones that became loose.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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Drones, a swift water team, cadaver dogs and even GoPros were used in the Cascade Mountain range outside the city of Leavenworth, a rural area known for its wild beauty and treacherous terrain.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
25 Sep. 2025
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The attorneys have sought his release by filing a habeas corpus petition in federal court.—
Suzanne Gamboa,
NBC news,
23 Sep. 2025
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Justice Carmen Lucia, Justice Moraes, and Justice Fux were among the Supreme Court judges who declined Lula a habeas corpus in 2018, enabling the electoral court to bar him from the ballot against Bolsonaro.—
Adriana Carranca,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Mummy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mummy. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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