Mummy

n. embalmed corpse, mummified corpse; mother (British)

This article is about the corpse preparation method, for other uses of "Mummy" see Mummy (disambiguation) A mummy is a corpse whose skin and dried flesh have been preserved by either intentional or accidental exposure to chemicals, extreme cold, very low humidity, or lack of air when bodies are submerged in bogs. The oldest mummified head is Chulina, see http://www.archaeometry.org/chulina.htm, 6000 year old, found in 1936 and AMS dated in Zürich in 2005.
See more at Wikipedia.org...

Noun
1. informal terms for a mother
(synonym) ma, mama, mamma, mom, momma, mommy, mammy, mum, mater
(hypernym) mother, female parent
2. a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt)
(hypernym) body, dead body
(derivation) mummify

(v. t.)
To embalm; to mummify.
  

(n.)
One whose affections and energies are withered.
  

(n.)
Dried flesh of a mummy.
  

(n.)
A sort of wax used in grafting, etc.
  

(n.)
A gummy liquor that exudes from embalmed flesh when heated; -- formerly supposed to have magical and medicinal properties.
  

(n.)
A dead body embalmed and dried after the manner of the ancient Egyptians; also, a body preserved, by any means, in a dry state, from the process of putrefaction.
  

(n.)
A brown color obtained from bitumen. See Mummy brown (below).
  

Mummy [from Persian mumiai pitch, asphalt] The custom of preserving the dead by an elaborate process of embalming, with attendant rites, practiced by the Egyptians and other ancient peoples such as the Incas in Peru.
Theosophical literature attributes the origin of this practice to the Atlanteans, the intent being to prevent the life-atoms which compose the human physical body from transmigrating through the lower kingdoms. The attempt, however, was unsuccessful, because a life-atom itself is the ensouling essence of an atom, which is destroyed neither by earth, air, water, nor fire, and pursues its own pathways both during human life and after death.