Why are Westerners more familiar with Egyptian mummies?

Westerners really aren't “more familiar with Egyptian mummies.” They love the fiction of movies about mummies. read more

Mummies are dead corps, they are usually found in tombs and graves. Luxor, Egypt has the most found mummies since it is home to the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens. the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens are basically big grave yards with lots of tombs. read more

Mummies do not “look Somalian” There have been a great number of Egyptian mummies unearthed.The main thing that they have in common from a visual perspective is that they are all old and heavily browned by embalming and desiccation not to mention thousands of years of slow steady oxidation. read more

Most people have only ever seen a genuine Egyptian mummy in a museum; fictional mummies, of course, are all over film, literature, and Halloween costume stores. But in centuries past, mummies were put to a variety of inventive uses: for art and commerce, science and entertainment, and possibly even to provide paper. read more