mummify
verb (used with object)
to make (a dead body) into a mummy, as by embalming and drying.
mummified
Example Sentences
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He remained frozen in the ice until two German hikers stumbled across his mummified remains in 1991 in the northern Italian region of South Tyrol.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
As a result, the specimen appears as a three dimensional mummified fossil, frozen in its final position with one arm tucked beneath its body.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 23, 2026
Highlights include the larger-than-life granite kneeling statue of Queen Hatshepsut from her terraced temple at Deir el-Bahri and a mummified crocodile that measures over eight feet long.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025
Their partially mummified bodies were found at their home by maintenance workers at their gated Santa Fe community.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2025
Or, rather, they passed by a chapel that was thought to contain the conqueror’s mummified body; the actual remains turned up years later, stashed inside two metal boxes beneath the main altar.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
