Rosa Mª Maroto Benavides - Mummies. A gateway to a new life (11/20/2019)
Coffeeversity are informal discussions about science over coffee in the relaxed atmosphere of a café. This activity is part of the Scientific Culture Unit of the University of Granada (UCC-UGR).
In the fourth discussion of this season, we were joined by Professor Rosa María Maroto Benavides, from the Department of Legal Medicine, Toxicology, and Physical Anthropology, and a specialist in Biological Anthropology and Human Paleoecology.
In this talk, Professor Maroto Benavides revealed the origins of the idea that mummies come back to life, explaining the different types of mummification: natural mummification, which occurs in the hot, dry sands of deserts, the eternal ice of high mountains, or in the burial sites of cities like Granada; and artificial mummification, historically developed by ancient cultures for the preservation of their loved ones, and the reasons why they have survived to this day as witnesses of times past.
Mummies are much more than they seem at first glance. Thanks to them, we can delve deeper into the knowledge of ancient societies and the people who created and lived in them. Although the most famous mummies are Egyptian, there are millions of mummies around the world, so through them we can learn not only about beliefs, but also the myths surrounding them, burial rituals, and their own ways of life. In short, they are silent witnesses that tell us about our past history.
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