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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
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
Van Dalen explains that many centuries-old mummies of this kind were preserved naturally, their skin dehydrated by the hot climate.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2025
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David Nikel, Forbes.com, 28 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
Van Dalen explains that many centuries-old mummies of this kind were preserved naturally, their skin dehydrated by the hot climate.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mummy
Noun
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Their corpses, reportedly decomposed and mauled by pigs, were not found for another three days, according to a police statement issued at the time.—
Christina Coulter,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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There was one dead roach under the margarita slushee machine, and 20 roach corpses on a sticky trap under a reach-in cooler.—
David J. Neal
August 1,
Miami Herald,
1 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Photos posted by the group show the creature’s gray carcass partially submerged in shallow water.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
30 July 2025
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Habitat loss, poisoning from carcasses tainted with pesticides or lead, and hunting have led to declining populations in some areas.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
27 July 2025
Noun
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Drone operators, cadaver dog handlers and volunteer search and rescue crews assisted in the search effort between February and June.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 July 2025
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The effort also includes a cadaver dog, the sheriff's office said Monday.—
Rebecca Cohen,
NBC news,
21 July 2025
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Because public datasets rarely cover machine-shop edge cases, Lee’s group has spent years capturing high-resolution images of cutting tools, gathering sensor streams from 3-D printers and scanning operator manuals into a searchable corpus.—
Ron Schmelzer,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
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The intention is for this corpus to be available to anyone who wants to use it, though likely with some sort of payment structure for commercial uses.—
Christine Ro,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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“Mummy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mummy. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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