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Recent Examples of mummyThe mummy of the Mysterious Lady was not pregnant, and Egyptian mummies smell spicy, sweet, and woody.—Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025 The most significant of glacial archaeological finds is Ötzi the Iceman, a 5,300-year-old mummy discovered in the Ötztal Alps in 1991, but as climate change accelerates, glaciers are coughing up more and more secrets, like the body discovered last month.—Outside, 18 Nov. 2025 Scientists have also detected RNA in the tissue of Ötzi the Iceman, a 5,300-year-old mummy found frozen in the Alps.—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 15 Nov. 2025 Non-carving pumpkin ideas Turn your pumpkin into a mummy!—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mummy
At least 33 bodies — including children and dismembered remains stuffed in sacks — were unearthed from a mass grave in western Kenya on Thursday, raising questions about whether the corpses were secretly moved from a hospital morgue.
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Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
29 Mar. 2026
An investigation by Colorado's 12th Judicial District Attorney led to the indictment of the Costilla County sheriff and other former and current employees on Thursday on various charges, including assault and abuse of a corpse.
In that video, the influencer appears to come across what is seemingly the carcass of an alligator floating in the water and shoots it repeatedly.
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Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2026
City Parks workers were joined on the beach by the State Department of Environmental Conservation, which is assisting in securing the carcass, which drew onlookers throughout the day.