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Researchers determined that the 1.2m long mummified fish was a tarpon, a species no longer found in New Zealand waters.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026
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
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
The body is then mummified due to a lack of moisture and oxygen in the glacier.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2025
With my arms flat against my sides like a soldier at attention, they mummified me from my shoulder to my wrists.
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
