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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In ancient Egypt‚ mummification was considered important to someone’s afterlife. The mummified body provided a place for a person’s spirit‚ to return to the body after death. Firstly the process starts with gutting the body. All inner organs were removed- except the heart. The heart had to remain in its place. It would testify for the lifeless person in the afterlife. Often an amulet (object that gives power) would be placed over the heart to protect it in its journey through the netherworld. The
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The Ancient Egyptians believed that when a pharaoh died he became “Osiris”‚ the king of the dead. They believed that for the dead pharaoh to carry out his duties as king of the dead his “ka” (soul or spirit) which remained with the body‚ had to be looked after. In order for the “ka” to survive‚ the dead pharaoh’s body was mummified and buried with all the things it would need for the afterlife. A method of artificial preservation‚ called mummification was developed by the ancient Egyptians. Mummification
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Attention Army! You risk grievous bodily harm if you offer your baby a pacifier around the wrong crowd‚ not to mention the Cesarean Vs Natural births war... Well‚ I do recall I almost met my maker when one fateful Sunday night‚ I declared to a roomful of mummies that I was going for an elective C-section‚ one
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Otzi the Iceman is the best kept mummy that we have come to discover‚ and with this we know he died what is believed to be a pretty horrific death. The climate around the time of Iceman’s death could not have helped his will to survive‚ scientists believe he was buried inside of the Similaun Glacier’s ice. The death itself caused by a fatal arrow to the back did not kill the man right away‚ leaving him to suffer a painful death. Iceman‚ through all of his struggle managed to make his way to the
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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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