that those who first expressed fear of mummies were the Arabs‚ who conquered Egypt in A.D. 641. Arab writers warned people not to tamper with mummies or their tombs‚ they knew that Egyptians practiced magic during funerals. And the paintings on the walls of Egyptian tombs seemed to suggest that mummies could return to life and seek revenge. Many authors started to think and imagine that mummies had magic powers after the first ghost story about a cursed mummy was published in 1699 and many more were
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Holden’s mind‚ no one reaches the level of perfection Allie‚ Holden’s dead younger brother‚ creates. Holden perceives the world through two extremes‚ the perfect and ideal or the worst. Holden ideally wishes Allie was preserved like how Egyptian mummies were‚ instead of rotting away in the ground. Since Allie is a cardinal part of Holden’s childhood‚ Holden desires to preserve his childhood like a museum‚ and he tries to stop adulthood by
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Otzi is a mummy from the stone age‚ 5300 years ago‚ discovered by two German hikers named Erika and Helmut Simon in 1991 (1). “The Iceman” as he was nicknamed‚ is a mummy who was unfortunately murdered due to jealously most likely from his important role in the community. Archaeologist have an idea who Otzi is including his importance to the community‚ how he died and why because of artifacts found with his body. Belongings carried on a person often signified the importance of a person in the
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bracelets and gold ball earrings. Attached to the wrapping of the mummy are gold fabric figures of Osiris‚ Isis‚ and Nephthys. On the bottom of the foot is an image of Anubis holding the disk of the moon. Set in a foreground above this is a Greek funerary inscription saying‚ Artemidora daughter of Harpokres. Artemidora died at the early age of 27. This mummy was painted and mummified in the early A.D. 100. What inspired me to pick this work of art was that the
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dehydrated for seventy days with a mineral salt called natron. After the seventy days the body was rubbed with oil and fragrant spices‚ and the inside of the body was packed with cloth. The body would then be wrapped in multiple layers of linen. The mummy would be decorated with amulets that would protect the body. Before being placed in the coffin‚ the body was blessed. After the coffin was decorated inside and out‚ it was placed in the sarcophagi. The sarcophagus was painted to look like a human.
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that once lived on earth. The same glossary defines a mummy as "a corpse whose skin and organs have been preserved by either intentional or incidental exposure to chemicals‚ extreme coldness‚ very high humidity‚ or lack of air when bodies are submerged in bogs." In summary‚ a mummy is structured organic material (a human‚ animal‚ insect‚ etc.) that humans or nature has preserved. Therefore‚ a mummy is a fossil because‚ the definition of a mummy‚ fits into the definition of a fossil. The Enchanted
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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION UNIT 2 READING The IELTS Reading Test Instructions for Test Practice Reading Test 1 Reading Test 2 Reading Test 3 Reading Test 4 Reading Test 5 Reading Test 6 Fast Track Reading Learn from your mistakes How can I improve? Tips from test-takers Sample Answer Page (Listening and Reading) 2 3 4 18 30 42 54 66 79 81 82 84 85 86 APPENDIX Answer Key: Listening IELTS PRACTICE TESTS 6 COMPLETE READING TESTS Topics that are interesting‚ durable and even controversial have been
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Spindler suggested a violent conflict had taken place. These were the first theories of Ice Man’s life and death. National Geographic Magazine published an article about Ice Man in July. “Scientists have poked‚ prodded‚ and x-rayed the 5‚000-year-old mummy found in the Alps. They now think he was murdered.” “Scientists have used more sophisticated tools and intellectual cunning over time to reconstruct the life and times of the Iceman (or "Ötzi")‚ the oldest intact member of the human family. We know
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Report on chosen exhibits of Istanbul Archaeological Museum In this report‚ I’m going to write about my expressions about Istanbul Archaeological Museum and then I will focus on Egyptian tomb find which is a section of Ancient Orient Museum. Istanbul Archaeological Museum is the first museums of Turkey and also a great museum which have several collections from different cultures and periods. The museum firstly fascinates me from its courtyard‚ because I perceived the building of Archeological Museum
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Subject: Language Arts Skeleton Meets the Mummy Material:Text- Skeleton Meets the Mummy by Steve Metzger Sheet divided in 4 squares for 4 predictions Standard(s)/GLE: 2.RL.7 Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters‚ setting or plot. Essential Question: How does making predictions help good readers understand the text better? Learning Objective(s)/ Student Learning Outcome: LO Make predictions and ask questions
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