This section is from the book "The Home Cyclopedia Of General Information", by Charles Morris. Also available from Amazon: Home Cyclopedia of Necessary Knowledge.
The preserved body of a human being or animal. In Egypt the bodies were preserved by a process of embalming; and multitudes of mummies exist thousands of years old. In ancient Peru the same effect was produced by sun-drying. Dried bodies are also found in the Cliff Dwellings of the Western United States.
 
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