FactsnFacts.com- Facts about Mummies

The word "mummy" comes from an Arabic word for a black gooey stuff.

Ancient Egyptians would remove the brain, but save the heart during mummification.

Some people used mummies to get better when they were sick.

Egyptian mummies, wrappings, and containers were used as fuel for fires in the early 1900s.

For thousands of years many people made a living by stealing from mummies.