
The Mystery of Mummies (Dr. Bob Brier, Ancient Egypt)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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The Origins of the Mummy
When did they start and stop making mummies? Well, it's an interesting question because you asked when they were making mummies. And mummies in prehistoric times, but they weren't being made by people. In the earliest times in Egyptian history, the bodies were often just buried in the sand. So this may have been given the rise to the belief in life after death.
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Transcript

Mummies have long been an object of fascination, but how they were made has been a mysterious trade secret of the "men of Anubis." Jimmy Akin continues his conversation with Dr. Bob Brier discuss what he's learned about mummies as one of the world's foremost experts.
