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A word used by young children to their mother. Boys usually stop using this form by the age of twelve or so, though usage varies with each family. Girls, especially middle-class girls, are likely to continue using it much longer. Examples of usage...

A mummy is a corpse whose skin and dried flesh have been preserved by either intentional or incidental exposure to chemicals, extreme cold, very low humidity, or lack of air when bodies are submerged in bogs. The oldest mummified head is Chulina, 6000...

Ancient Egyptians practiced a 70-day elaborate process of preserving their dead from corruption by carefully wrapping them up in linen. A group of Egyptologists present a book about 3,000 years of Egyptian burial practices and malpractices, 'Mummy in Ancient Egypt: Equipping the Dead for...

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