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In The Mummy, the mummification process is depicted as a punishment. Was mummification a process that, in addition as a means of post-death handling, was used as a method of capital punishment as displayed in the film? Was mummification process actually as intricate and well-revered as displayed?

by /u/[deleted] in /r/AskHistorians

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