When we think of mummies the first thing that comes to mind are the Egyptians. The earliest Egyptians buried their dead in small pits in the desert. Because the sand was dry and hot the bodies became dehydrated like a mummy. Later the Egyptians buried their dead in coffins to protect them from becoming eaten from desert animals. This caused a problem for the Egyptians because the bodies now started to decay. This is when, over many centuries, that the ancient Egyptians developed a method of preserving bodies so they would stay life like. This is what we know today as mummification.
Although we have always known this ritual to be Egyptian, five mummies have been discovered between 1979 and 2008 in China. The mummy in the picture above was discovered during a road expansion project near the city of Taizhou, in China’s Jiangsu Province. This mummy was complete with her face, hair and even her eyelashes. This is a very interesting discovery that allows us as teachers to expand the knowledge of different types of cultures to our students. We continue to learn new things about the world and its people and that knowledge should be spread to future generations.
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