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And while San Francisco may have the famous California Academy of Sciences, San Jose boasts the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, with mummies and a robot version of Thoth, ancient “Keeper of the Mysteries.”

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 3, 2026

Sereno emphasizes that these dinosaur mummies are very different from human-created mummies in Egyptian tombs; none of the original organic material is still present.

From Science Daily Nov. 30, 2025

Working from the two newly described mummies, the researchers were able to assemble a complete, fleshy outline of Edmontosaurus annectens.

From Science Daily Nov. 30, 2025

This fits with our knowledge of the land of the pharaohs as a society that revered cats, immortalising them in art and preserving them as mummies.

From BBC Nov. 27, 2025

I’ve seen specials on volcanoes, shark attacks, dogs born with two heads, and the mummies of Egypt.

From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper