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    Mummification Hypothesis

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    Hypothesis What affect does baking soda have on the preservation of hot dogs? Which kind of hot dogs will the baking soda have the most effect? Review of Literature What is Mummification? Mummification is the preservation of body. Both animals and humans were preserved. There were different methods of mummification. Some were frozen‚ dried‚ and some were wet. Mummification can happen naturally or it can be done on purpose. Mummies were made on purpose

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    Embalming- a practice so common in North America that it is simultaneous to blasphemy to decline it for your loved ones. Things may be starting to change as the truth of embalming is starting to come out‚ with people beginning to identify it alongside torture and its performers- the funeral workers- as the torturers. However‚ the funeral workers are also subjected to harm from this practice as the embalming fluid contains more than 40 different chemicals that have been federally categorized as dangerous

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    Module 3 Assignment 5

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    1. Discuss the different kinds of methods used to study preserved bodies (x-ray‚ CT scan‚ DNA testing‚ carbon dating) and the types of information they reveal. First you document its appearance with photographs‚ then X-ray the body completely. X-rays will reveal what is inside a wrapped mummy and the condition of the body. Sometimes more than one body has been found inside a wrapped mummy; other times an extra head or leg or even a baby has been discovered. X-rays may also reveal certain diseases

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    The practice of embalming traces its roots back to ancient Egypt and became better known in the United States after the Civil War. The practice of embalming is mostly used in the United States in order to preserve the body of soldiers that were killed in action for the transportation back into the states. From the article‚ it states that the practice of embalming fueled the funeral industry in a way of making death more pleasing for people that feared it. However‚ the act of embalming is harmful to

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    Growing up‚ my parents‚ who were strict christians not only ran a church but the cemetery that came along with it. In our cellar‚ believe it or not‚ we stored the corpses which were soon to be buried six feet into the ground. It was an unspoken rule‚ I never went there — until that one afternoon. Emily‚ my best friend was going through a goth phase‚ which she portrayed by using white concealer to cover her cheeks and black‚ black‚ black eyeliner to shape her eyes. But that wasn’t enough: “Spider

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    CEO Assignment #1 Bank Analysis - Decomposition of ROE FIN 420 – Bank Management Summary: Utilizing data contained within the Uniform Bank Performance Report (UBPR) of a local bank‚ decompose the company’s 12/31/11 financial performance as well as information for its peer group. Analyze the results. Available Banks: Bank of Holland Grand River Bank Mercantile Bank Macatawa Bank Format: Part #1 – Obtaining Information

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    Many of us felt unease when we got the assignment of watching the movie Departures‚ which Chinese translation is an occupational title means “embalmer”. It sounds like a horror movie‚ something about death‚ corpse and ghost. Unexpectedly‚ it turned out to be a literary movie concerning about death and corpse indeed. It’s a Japanese movie showed in 2008‚ and earned lots of rewards including the Canadian Montreal international film festival “Grand prix of the Americas” and the Best Foreign Language

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    The Canopic Tumors

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    “The dehydrated internal organs are wrapped in linen and returned to the body.” (ancientegypt.co.uk). The embalmers want the body to look lifelike. They stuff it with sawdust‚ leaves and linen. Again‚ they cover it with oils then with linen. “In the past‚ when the internal organs were removed from the body they were placed in hollow canopic jars but over the years embalmers changed that and returned the organs back to the body.” (ancientegypt.co.uk) The canopic jars have different gods’ heads

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    Unexpected Situation

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    (It has a lot of grammar mistakes) Except for the rain that’s been crashing for hours and the house-shuddering wind that howls through the darkness outside‚ it’s an ordinary evening at my house. Then comes a knock on the door. I’m not expecting anyone. I look through the peephole‚ but the condensation from the wet night air has fogged it to uselessness. So I simply open the door and find a familiar man‚ I can’t recognize his face. I notice the fire that made the sky goes red‚ the air

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    Afterlife - Top Three Many Egyptians believed in the afterlife and that it was a happy place. After a person passes away‚ a spirit called the Ka lived on. Most pharaohs were mummified by embalmers‚ or people who embalm mummies‚ to preserve the royal Ka. Why did they mummify only Egyptians from the elite? An elite is a person of wealth and power‚ and only Egypt’s elite could be mummified because they were the only ones with enough money to be mummified. The mummification process starts when the

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