Saturday, September 29, 2007

The ancient Egyptians were not the only ones to mummify their dead, according to a study that says prehistoric Scots created mummies too. Initial evidence for Scottish mummies was announced in 2005, when archaeologists unearthed three preserved bodies buried under two Bronze Age roundhouses in South Uist, Hebrides, at a site called Cladh Hallan.

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