Egyptian Mummies
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MUMMIES
When people say the word mummy we automatically think of those spooky monsters wrapped in bandages in cartoons or for more people who have more knowledge on mummies immediately think of Egypt. The first thing we think is how did they get the word mummy?
HOW DID THEY GET THE WORD MUMMY?
The word mummy was first used for the word medicine. Mummy comes from the word Mumiyah, an Arabic word for bitumen, a sticky oil now used to make roads. The people who lived in Europe believed that bitumen was a cure for diseases. They also thought that Egyptians used bitumen for mummy wrappings. Around 600 or 700 years ago the Europeans started making their own mummy wrappings and selling mummy powder to use as medicine. People used mummy powder to heal wounds, cuts and to cure many diseases. In the 1600s the word mummy came to be what we know it as today a preserved body...