Mummification is the drying of bodies to preserve them.

Mummification was a way to preserve the corpse so the ka ( soul ) of the deceased could return to receive offerings of the things s / he enjoyed while alive.

Mummification, especially as practised by the ancient Egyptians, entailed the removal of the internal organs prior to the preservation of the remainder of the body.

Mummification used by the Egyptians is a widely known method which involves the removal of body fluid and wrapping the body in linens.

Summum practices " Modern Mummification " and " Transference " as a means to guide one's essence to a greater destination following the death of the body.

* Mummification: Immobilising the body by wrapping it up, usually with multiple layers of tight thin plastic sheeting.

Mummification as a BDSM bondage practice involves restraining a living person's body in a non-damaging way by wrapping it head to toe, or neck to toe, in materials like saran wrap, clingfilm, cloth, bandages, rubber strips, duct tape, plaster bandages, bodybags, or straitjackets.

Mummification is often used to enhance a feeling of total bodily helplessness, and incorporated with sensation play.

Mummification with duct tape.

Mummification is often used to enhance a feeling of total bodily helplessness, and incorporated with sensation play.

* Mummification ; the most well-known examples are from ancient Egypt

Mummification techniques and permafrost have aided in the relative preservation of some remains.

Mummification is a more extensive method of embalming, further delaying the decay process.

Mummification techniques, such as the use of embalming fluid and the presence of an intact brain, suggested an eighteenth-dynasty royal mummy.

The Mummification Museum is located in the Egyptian city of Luxor.

* Grafton Elliot Smith-On the Significance of the Geographical Distribution of Mummification: a study of the migrations of peoples and the spread of certain customs and beliefs.

As revealed in the 2003 DVD release, the reissue of The Gold Rush also served to preserve most of the footage from the original film, as even the DVD-restored print of the 1925 original shows noticeable degradation of image and missing frames, artifacts not in evidence in the 1942 version.

Shortly thereafter, Eric Havelock's Preface to Plato revolutionized how scholars looked at Homeric epic by arguing not only that it was the product of an oral tradition, but also that the oral-formulas contained therein served as a way for ancient Greeks to preserve cultural knowledge across many different generations.

Pliny states that Apelles made a number of useful innovations to the art of painting, but his recipe for a black varnish, called by Pliny atramentum — which served both to preserve his paintings and to soften their colour, and created an effect that Pliny praises to no end — Apelles kept secret and was lost with his death.

His apprenticeship to politics was served in the Colonial Assembly of Bourbon, where he fought successfully to preserve the colony from the consequences of perpetual interference from the authorities in Paris, and on the other hand to prevent local malcontents from appealing to the English for protection.

Old Kingdom texts served mainly to maintain the divine cults, preserve souls in the afterlife, and document accounts for practical uses in daily life.

" Blodpudding " is mostly served sliced and fried with lingonberry preserve, grated carrot and fried bacon.

The fruit is often served uncut, but with the core removed, to preserve the unique bell-shaped presentation.

They are also depiction of dance steps of various stylizations and have served to preserve dance forms and revive it.

Sometimes a lawsuit is filed, but not served, before sending such a notice, to preserve a jurisdiction advantage without engaging the judicial process fully.

He maintained that Australian airmen in Europe and the Mediterranean should serve in RAAF units to preserve their national identity, as per Article XV of the Empire Air Training Scheme, rather than be integrated into RAF squadrons, but in practice most served in British units.

His book, Materials for a History of Cricklade, and various articles have served to preserve and enhance a study of local history in the town.

In the Senate, the old aristocratic oligarchy began to become corrupted by the enormous wealth derived from military conquest and its aftermath ; it no longer served well its functional purpose, it failed to meet new demands placed on Rome, and its members would selfishly seek to preserve inherited prerogatives against legitimate challenge and transition.

These Ancient Norwegian property laws, which being secured in the constitution still exist, served to preserve a strong Norwegian farm culture.

Ecologically, the preserve is slightly more elevated than the western Everglades, and Big Cypress has historically served as home to Native Americans, including the Miccosukee and Seminole tribes, as well as early settlers who hunted herons and egrets to supply feathers to hat-makers in New York and Paris, and poachers who hunted American Alligators and Crocodiles to near extinction.

Later, as Masayuki served under Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Nobuyuki was sent to Tokugawa to be a retainer in order to preserve the clan if anything wrong happened to the Toyotomi clan.

Disraeli was a Jew, as are many of the neoconservatives who helped transform the Republican Party from a cocktail party in Darien into the party of Scalia, d ' Souza, Gonzalez, and Yoo ... Conservatism has not only depended upon outsiders ; it also has seen itself as the voice of the outsider ... the conservative has served as the tribune for the displaced, his movement a conveyance of their grievances.

Later accidentally captured by the Genoshans and taken by force to their island-nation, Madelyne was subjected to psychic torture intended to transform her into a docile slave who served the state.

The band served as the launching pad for the solo careers of their lead singers Jermaine and Michael, and while Jermaine had some success, it was Michael who would transform his early fame into greater success as an adult artist, with songs such as " Don't Stop ' Til You Get Enough " and " Rock with You.

Gleek also served as a courier when the twins needed to travel: Jayna would typically transform into a large eagle, and Zan would transform into water, " jumping " into a bucket which Gleek would be holding while riding atop Jayna in her eagle form.

The name change marks the start of a $ 60 million expansion and renovation project set to transform the Undergraduate Building that has served business students since 1966 — and, to transform Kelley ’ s role in business education.

With the 1991 fall of Moussa Traoré, Konaré helped transform ADEMA into ADEMA / PASJ, an official political party, and served as its delegate to the 1991 National Conference of Mali.

He served as minister of finance from 1880 – 1881, and unsuccessfully urged the tsar to transform Imperial Russia into a constitutional monarchy.

He later served as Director of the American Insurance Association's Superfund Improvement Project in Washington, D. C., where he was the American Insurance Association's lead negotiator in working to transform the nation's Superfund environmental laws.

In the 1950s he served most prominently as foreign minister, representing Indonesia abroad during the tumultuous decade when, under Sukarno's leadership, Indonesia tried to transform itself into a postcolonial, anti-imperialist success story.

In addition, Farmer Burns also served as a teacher to a myriad of grapplers who would transform the sport in the early 1900s, including future World Champion Earl Caddock, future Middleweight World Champion and Champion Wrestler of the A. E. F.