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  • noun Plural form of mummy.

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  • Listed below are links to weblogs that reference But fighting mummies is romantic!

    But fighting mummies is romantic! 2008

  • We know of course they currently stand like a guilty school girl in mummies big shoes with a sop to the IHT revolt.

    Archive 2007-10-14 Newmania 2007

  • We know of course they currently stand like a guilty school girl in mummies big shoes with a sop to the IHT revolt.

    Burn Them With Ice Newmania 2007

  • The exhibit at the Glenbow was lacking in mummies, though it had some jars still said to hold the residue of their ancient contents.

    Hubris, thy name is Gonzo! superversive 2006

  • I am just not sure how the Chinese statues, the name mummies, Jet Lee with his magical power and Brendan Fraser will mix together … and I will say it for the last time that I hope this movie to be good because I was waiting for it too like most of you.

    Papa John's Presents The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Trailer « FirstShowing.net 2008

  • The mummies were the first to be found in the sand-covered desert rock surrounding the mud-brick Lahun pyramid, believed to be built by the 12th dynasty pharaoh Senusret II, who ...

    2009 April « 2009

  • Along with all the material on mummies, which is the part everyone seems to remember, I wrote about a study done in the United States in the 1970s that persuasively demonstrated the superiority of the hunter diet as compared to an agricultural diet, which no one seems to remember.

    Nutrition and health in agriculturalists and hunter-gatherers | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009

  • The mummies were the first to be found in the sand-covered desert rock surrounding the mud-brick Lahun pyramid, believed to be built by the 12th dynasty pharaoh Senusret II, who ruled 4,000 years ago.

    Cache Of Mummies Unearthed In Egypt « 2009

  • 'As the banks of the Nile have been so recently colonized for the first time, the curious substances called mummies could never in reality have belonged to men.

    The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) Various

  • ‘As the banks of the Nile have been so recently colonized for the first time, the curious substances called mummies could never in reality have belonged to men.

    I. The Progress Of Geology 1909

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