Science News for Kids » preservation http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Mon, 20 May 2013 22:47:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 The origins of mummies http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/08/south-american-mummies/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/08/south-american-mummies/#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:03:33 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=13691 South America’s Chinchorro people mummified their dead long before the ancient Egyptians. One of the Chinchorro methods used human-hair wigs and red dye made from ochre. Credit: Bernardo Arriaza

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