
The Mystery of Mummies (Dr. Bob Brier, Ancient Egypt)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
How to Compare a Mummy to an Egyptian Mummy
The mummy is the only Egyptian style mummy for which we know everything that was done. We can compare our mummy with the real ancient Egyptian mummy and as sort of figure backwards all they must have done it this way. It's a tool at the research tool now. The body was very stiff and rigid. All them, all the moisture was out of it. And when I wanted to cross the arms on the chest like arrows you see that pose of a mummy. I couldn't do it. Because the arms were so stiff I would have broken. That's why a mummy looks like it looks.
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