Mummies
Mummies: Mummify an Apple
(Modify for
All Ages) Newton's Apple - Experiment with different salt compounds to
mummify an apple.
Make
Your Own Mummy
: http://www.rom.on.ca/egypt/mummy/mum1.html
Take a lump of plasticene or modeling clay and work it between your hands
until it
becomes soft. Mold the lump into a mummy's body shape. Take the plaster of paris
bandages and cut them into strips. Make them a size you can handle easily. Plan
how you want to wrap a mummy. You might want to start at the
feet.
Mummies
of Ancient Egypt
http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/mummy/ who they were, and Egyptian beliefs about an afterlife. There is a table of hieroglyphs that displays the image, its meaning, and sound; a dateline of dates, dynasties, and rulers of Egyptian civilizations; and a
glossary. |
Cyber
Mummy
:
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/VideoTestbed/Projects/Mummy/mummyhome.html
One of the most spectacular artifacts housed at the World Heritage Museum at
the University of Illinois in Urbana is this mummy acquired in 1989 from a
Chicago antiquities dealer. Unlock its secrets with the help of modern medical
imagery, a supercomputer, and an archeologist.