mummify

Object

• corpse: A mother in Kazakhstan kept her daughter's mummified corpse in her flat for three years.
• cat: The offering of a mummified cat at her temple might have been thought to help with childbirth or protect a child.
• remain: The first revealed the mummified remains of a peasant the second, much fresher contained the remains of a armored fighter.
• body: A mummified body was last found in Lower Saxony 50 years ago.
• head: Finally, the latest theory espoused in a new book by Dr. Keith Laidler, is that the mummified head of Christ is there.
• hand: In Medieval sorcery, a gruesome charm made from the mummified hand of a hanged criminal.

Adjective complement

alive: The mistress kills herself and Imhotep is captured and sentenced to death - mummified alive in a coffin full of flesh-eating scarab beetles.

Modifying Another Word

• naturally: Many bodies were naturally mummified, so that both soft tissues and bones were available.
• therefore: The dead pharaoh was therefore mummified, which preserved his body.