The MUMMIFIED CHILD : History COLD CASE Documentary Film

A mummy is a dead human or animal whose human skin and organs have actually been preserved by either intentional or unexpected direct exposure to chemicals, severe cold, extremely low humidity, or absence of air, to make sure that the recovered physical body does not degeneration additionally if kept in amazing and dry disorders. Some authorities limit using the term to physical bodies purposely embalmed with chemicals, however the usage of the word to cover mistakenly desiccated physical bodies goes back to at the very least 1615 AD (See the part Etymology and meaning).
Mummies of humans and various other animals have been found on every continent, both as a result of all-natural conservation with unusual disorders, and as cultural artifacts. Over one million animal mummies have been found in Egypt, numerous of which are felines.
In addition to the well-known mummies of Ancient Egypt, deliberate mummification was an attribute of numerous ancient cultures in locations of South America and Asia which have quite completely dry climates. The oldest known intentional mummy is a youngster, one of the Chinchorro mummies found in the Camarones Valley, Chile, which dates around 5050 BCE. The oldest known naturally mummified human remains is a severed head dated as 6,000 years old, found in 1936 CE at the website called Inca Cueva No. 4 in South America.
The earliest Ancient Egyptian mummies were created naturally due to the environment in which they were hidden. This particular allowed for the warm, completely dry sand of the desert to dehydrate the physical bodies, leading to all-natural mummification.
The all-natural conservation of the dead had a profound impact on Ancient Egyptian religion. Intentional mummification became an integral component of the routines for the dead start as very early as the 2nd dynasty (concerning 3400 BCE). New research of an 11 year study by College of York, Macquarie College and University of Oxford suggests mummification occurred 1,500 years previously than very first thought.