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Preservation Techniques

Mummification Health and Diet Archaeological Methods Smoke-Drying Historical Discoveries Excavation Methods Heat Exposure Heat Treatment Conservation Methods Mummy Studies Mummification Methods

Smoke-Dried Mummies Across Southeast Asia Rewrite Mummification’s Origins

Lab analyses detected prolonged low-temperature heating on bones consistent with bodies being dried over smoke before burial.

Archaeologists Examine 1,000-Year-Old Chancay Burial Found Under Lima Street