How many animal mummies have been discovered in Egypt?
Approximately 100,000
Over one million
Around 50,000
Less than 10,000
Which animal mummies are most commonly found in ancient Egypt?
Dogs
Horses
Cats
Sacred ibises
Radiocarbon dating of Egyptian ibis mummies suggests they date from which time period?
1000–500 BC
1500–1000 BC
450–250 BC
500–550 BC
Which site contains the oldest known deliberate mummies, dating around 5050 BC?
Spirit Cave, Nevada
Camarones Valley, Chile
Cueva de las Momias, Argentina
Valley of the Kings, Egypt
Which is the oldest known deliberate mummy discovered before the Spirit Cave mummies?
A child mummy from Egypt
A cat mummy from Egypt
An ibis mummy from Egypt
A Chinchorro mummy from Chile
According to the OED, a "mummy" is defined as:
A body desiccated by exposure to sun or air
A frozen carcass imbedded in prehistoric snow
The body of a human or animal embalmed as a preparation for burial
A substance used in medieval medicine
Which zoologist defined a mummy as “A human or animal body desiccated by exposure to sun or air”?
Richard Hakluyt
Francis Trevelyan Buckland
Charles Darwin
Carl Linnaeus
What was the original meaning of the term "mummia" in medieval medicine?
The process of embalming
A medicinal preparation made from the substance of mummies
The embalmed corpse itself
The bituminous substance used for embalming
When did the structured scientific study of mummies begin?
Early 19th century
Late 19th century
Early 20th century
Late 20th century
What was the first modern scientific examination of a mummy?
The use of chemical analyses on Egyptian mummies
The first X-ray of a mummy
The First World Congress on Mummy Studies
The analysis of Tutankhamun's mummy
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