Hollywood horror films have helped make mummies famous--and feared.

Hollywood horror films have helped make mummies famous--and feared. "Fear Will turn to ice You When You Face The Mummy!" announced a hand-bill for the 1959 movie The Mummy. "The Mummy It Comes to Life!" declared another. Viewers of mummy movies quiver upon the edge of their seats as wrapped-up enormitys angry from having their drowse disturbed, spring to life. however mummies shouldn't be feared--really.

A mummy is a dead material part that has dried out and hasn't decompos (decayed, or rotted) Without any kind of preservation, dead bodies decay quickly. Bacteria,

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