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I'm a PhD student researching the role of the archaeological dead in contemporary British society. Think of this as a scrapbook of all the interesting links, snippets of information and random bits and bobs I come across pertaining to death, dying and the dead. Enjoy?!

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    Top 10 Most Shocking Mummies in the World When it comes to showing no fear in the face of death, Halloween is mere child’s play compared to mummification, the process of preserving bodies for eternity. Come with us on a tour of the world’s most lifelike corpses… Mention the word mummy, and you probably think of the shiny case of King Tut or the linen-bandaged walking dead in a George A. Romero film. But if you haven’t seen a real mummy (a.k.a. a body whose skeleton and skin have been preserved) since you were on a school trip, this is a good time to get reacquainted. In recent decades, excavators have dug up remarkably well-preserved mortal remains at locations across the globe—in Italy, Peru, and the Philippines—that have changed a good deal of what we know about the history of preserving the dead. So come with us on a crash course of the world’s most “magnificent” corpses. Click the photo to begin the tour…

    Top 10 Most Shocking Mummies in the World

    When it comes to showing no fear in the face of death, Halloween is mere child’s play compared to mummification, the process of preserving bodies for eternity. Come with us on a tour of the world’s most lifelike corpses…

    Mention the word mummy, and you probably think of the shiny case of King Tut or the linen-bandaged walking dead in a George A. Romero film. But if you haven’t seen a real mummy (a.k.a. a body whose skeleton and skin have been preserved) since you were on a school trip, this is a good time to get reacquainted. In recent decades, excavators have dug up remarkably well-preserved mortal remains at locations across the globe—in Italy, Peru, and the Philippines—that have changed a good deal of what we know about the history of preserving the dead. So come with us on a crash course of the world’s most “magnificent” corpses.

    Click the photo to begin the tour…