7 horrifying facts about ancient mummies

Interesting facts about mummies such as: pharaoh Ramesses II mummy is granted a passport, monks self-mummify themselves, mummies contain a deadly curse, . not only surprised many people.

The only mummy in the world granted a passport

Pharaoh Ramesses II is one of the greatest, most powerful kings of ancient Egypt. After his death, his mummy was buried in the valley of kings . Since its discovery in 1881, his body has been preserved and displayed at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

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In 1974, Egyptian scientists decided to take the body of pharaoh Ramesses II to Paris to check it because they found the mummy's condition getting worse.

Surprisingly, the Egyptian government issued a passport to the mummy of pharaoh Ramesses II so that the king could go to France. The occupation in this unique passport shows " King (passed away)" .

"Frankenstein mummy"

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Scientists were surprised to find two 3000-year-old "Frankenstein mummies" in Scotland. Two sets of remains were built, made up of 6 different bodies . Until now, scientists have yet to explain why the assembly of different body parts into one body. This makes us think of Hollywood's Frankenstein character.

Antibiotics in mummies

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Archaeologists have discovered in the bones of the antibiotic Tetubycline Nubian mummies. According to them, it is possible that Nubian people take tetracycline into their bodies when drinking beer.

Monks mummified themselves

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The monk's self-embalming process was extremely harsh for a long time of about 3000 days but only about a fifth of the cases were successful. Successful mummified monks will be made a buddha and respected and worshiped by people.

Natural mummification

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Sometimes, without the need to apply complex artificial embalming techniques, nature itself is also an ideal environment for mummies. The mummies discovered in Mexico's Guanajuato state are marinated in the most natural way: extremely cold environment, dry climate and swamp.

The mummy is forgotten

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This strange story in 1966, when two teenagers discovered Americans accidentally discovered two mummies of children in a cave in Mexico. They smuggled two mummies back to California, USA and hid in the garage of a friend's house. 2 mummies they forgot. For the next 14 years, the friend's mother was frightened when she discovered two mummies in the family's garage.

The mummy hid a horrifying death curse

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Many mummies are thought to contain deadly curse for anyone who wakes up their "sleep". So far, we know quite a lot about the frightening curse of famous mummies like the Otzi gang, Altai princess mummy, Pharaong mummy .