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Egyptian
BBC News: Ancient Egyptian animal cemetery found, Clickable Mummy, CMA Kids: More on Mummies, Cyber Mummy, Egyptian Mummies, Egyptian Mummies, Egyptian Mummification, Experiment: Make a Fruit Mummy, How Mummies Were Made, Linen, Camera, and Action!
Inca
City of Inca mummies yields bounty of knowledge, Dozens of Inca Mummies Discovered Buried in Peru, Ice Treasures of the Inca, Inca Mummies, Inka Mummies, National Geographic News: Thousands of Inca Mummie
Drents Museum: Bog Bodies
A Dutch museum presents photographs and descriptions of several mummified remains found in peat bogs.
Mummies
A newsletter article outlines the different ways that bodies can be mummified, and where such remains may be found.
Mummies Unwrapped
A ThinkQuest project presents illustrated information about bodies that have been intentionally or accidentally preserved in sand, tar, mud, ice or peat. Includes a reference crypt and a mummy recipe.
Mystery of the Mummies
Describes the discovery of ancient remains in the Tarim Basin area of China, and compares them to similar finds in Egypt.
NOVA Online: Mummies 101
Photographs and descriptions of remains found in Europe, China, Egypt and South America. Includes an explanation of both intentional and accidental mummification.
NOVA Online: The Takla Makan Mummies
Features illustrated details of these 3000-year-old bodies found in a remote Chinese desert.
Questions About Mummies and Bog Bodies
Dr Dig provides answers about Tollund Man, Ötzi the Ice Man, and why mummification in Egypt took 70 days.
Temple of the Suns: the Ibu
Outlines the process of mummification as applied in modern and ancient times, as well as in natural circumstances such as ice or peat bogs.