
How were people mummified?
Brains On! Science podcast for kids
Sanchita's Mummified Wrappings
Sanchita spent several weeks trying to stabilize a woman's mummified wrappings. She noticed that when people tried to study this woman over the past 100 years, they ended up damaging her body and her wrappings. Some of that was done about 100 years ago by a man named Dr. John Goucher. Sanchita worked with this woman's body day after day, helping repair the wraps and sewing things in place.
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