Comments on: ‘Curiosity: I Was Mummified’ review: Discovery takes us to ancient Egypt and back https://cartermatt.com/37568/curiosity-i-was-mummified-review-discovery-takes-us-to-ancient-egypt-and-back/ TV News, Interviews, and Reviews Tue, 29 Aug 2023 23:32:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: TC https://cartermatt.com/37568/curiosity-i-was-mummified-review-discovery-takes-us-to-ancient-egypt-and-back/#comment-59654 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:05:43 +0000 http://cartermatt.com/?p=37568#comment-59654 1. Towards the end of the show they had mentioned that his body will be kept for further studies so he won’t be buried.

2. I’m uncertain on the legality of preserving the dead but I’m not aware of any laws against it. As to religion, Jewish and Islam traditions require the body be buried immediately or as soon as possible. So I’d imagine that mummification is out of the question due to the time it requires to proces the body.

If the technique used in the show was correct, it’d take at least 35 days to subject the body to the salt bath and another 2 weeks to dry it afterwards. A total of close to 50 days.

]]> By: Kathie https://cartermatt.com/37568/curiosity-i-was-mummified-review-discovery-takes-us-to-ancient-egypt-and-back/#comment-59631 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:12:41 +0000 http://cartermatt.com/?p=37568#comment-59631 I was wondering two things. First, what will happen to the man so mummified? Will he be buried or will these techies keep a watch over him to make sure he is stable?
Secondly, I’d like to know if this form of preserving the dead is legal in the US, and if it is accepted by Christian, Jewish and Islamic religious tradition.
Thank you,
Kathie

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