Who’s Your Mummy?

OBJECTIVESTo demonstrate an understanding of how mummies are preserved and why and how they are studied.INSTRUCTIONSUsing the resource links at the bottom of the page or others you may find, answer all of the following questions in as much detail as possible. Submit to the appropriate assignment folder after proofreading your work, AND making sure you have met the rubric requirements. Please use question/answer format.What is a mummy? How are mummies different from skeletons?Explain why some bodies become a skeleton, while others become mummies.How are ice mummies different from Egyptian mummies?Identify what archeologists can learn about a mummy. What clues do archeologists look for in a mummy?Students will study one of two well-known ice mummies: the Iceman or the Ice Maiden. Students with the last name A-M will study the Iceman and N-Z the Ice Maiden.Where was this mummy found, when, by whom?What do we know about this mummy’s age, gender, religion, cause of death? Explain how scientists know this information.Describe physical characteristics or marks on the mummy. What do they reveal?Describe the artifacts found with the mummy. What did they reveal?What has the mummy revealed about its society?What technology was used to study this mummy? Describe the roles of the experts who study this mummy. (e.g. archaeologists, radiologists, pathologists, botanists, anthropologists)What questions remain unanswered?https://www.iceman.it/en/https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/icemummies/iceman.htmlhttps://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/ice-mummies-inca/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lxFtO0kiawhttps://www.educationviews.org/mummy-juanita-the-sacrifice-of-the-inca-ice-maiden/https://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/frozen-mummies-of-the-andes/Please do pay attention to the rubic