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Meanings of mummies in English

The 70's Biweekly (MCY-001007)

Usage of mummies in English
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I understood why some of the mummies were in such good condition.
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
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Also, they reached a long bank of human mummies bracketing the trail.
The Descent
3
After each player has carried out their actions, you move the mummies.
Wired
4
The old boy is out in his tombs, dusting off his mummies.
The Fortieth Door
5
The mummies, twelve of which were children, date back to 305 BC.
News.com.au
6
The fingerprints of mummies can be deciphered even after thousands of years.
The Poisoned Pen
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The next twelve cases are filled with human mummies and their coffins.
How to See the British Museum in Four Visits
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And perhaps the white seal mummies hum their chubby calves to sleep.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 17, 1917
9
Yesterday, therefore, is no mausoleum of dead deeds; no storehouse of mummies.
The Investment of Influence: A Study of Social Sympathy and Serv...
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There were but few visitors to the grove of mummies that afternoon.
Brood of the Witch-Queen
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Anyway, she says, there was a lot of mummies shopping that day.
The Guardian
12
At least one of the mummies is in a classic Nazca pose.
News.com.au
13
Smith found his way upstairs and looked at mummies and other things.
Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales
14
Seeing me holding back from the mummies, Manny shuffled to my side.
Kalooki Nights
15
But he had forgotten how fiercely mummies and their trappings can burn.
Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales
16
These coverings are now called mummy-cases, and the bodies they inclose, mummies.
New National Fourth Reader
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