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You're listening to episode 241 of Jimmy Aiken's mysterious world.

Where we look at mysteries from the twin perspectives of faith and reason.

In this episode, we're talking about the mystery of ancient Egyptian mummies.

I'm Dom Bettenelli and joining me today is Jimmy Aiken.

Hey Jimmy, howdy Dom.

Four thousands of years, the ancient Egyptians practiced mummification.

When a person died, they would mummify his body so that it would be preserved and you could

use it in the afterlife. There are even mummies connected with a Bible.

But how they made mummies has been a mysterious subject.

They kept the techniques used to do it a trade secret, known only to the embalmers or men of a new bus.

Yet today, we've learned a tremendous amount about Egyptian mummies and how they were made.

So what were the famous mummies connected with the Bible?

How were mummies made and what is modern science revealed about the process?

Yes, that's what we'll be talking about on this episode of Jimmy Aiken's mysterious world.

So Jimmy, with us again this week is the famous Egyptologist, Dr. Bob Breyer.

Can you give us a refresher on who Dr. Breyer is?

Sure. According to his biography, Dr. Bob Breyer has traveled the world and published more than

10 books on the topic of Egyptology and mummies.

He's affectionately known as Mr. Mummy and Dr. Breyer is recognized as one of the world's

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