In 1994 a man died in Baltimore. The cause of death? Heart attack. He was in his late 70’s at the time of his demise. But that’s not the end of his story.

Ronn Wade, director of The Maryland State Anatomy Board and director of the Anatomical Service Division of The University Of Maryland, along with Bob Brier, a professor of philosophy and Egyptology at the C.W. Post campus of Long Island University in New York, decided to re- create ancient Egyptian techniques of mummification of the human body. After waiting months for the perfect subject, They came across the afore mentioned gentleman who had been reasonably healthy and intact during his life. Wade and Breir, using only replicas of the original ancient tools and following 2,000 year old descriptions of mummifying technique’s have transformed the late gentleman into an Egyptian style mummy. 14 years later, the mummy retains the same physiological condition it had immediately after mummification. Using only ancient techniques these 2 men have stopped time for the cadaver and expect the mummy to last for thousands of years.

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Here are some interesting facts. Did you know that Eva Peron, The second wife of Argentine President Jaun Peron, Died in 1952 and was injected with paraffin. Her body retains a lifelike appearance to this day.

Napoleon died in exile in 1821. His body was sealed in a coffin andburied under heavy slabs of stone. When the body was exhumed in 1840 it was in a mummified state.

Elmer McCurdy was a train robber who was shot to death in 1911. He was then embalmed with arsenic and remained so well preserved that he was propped up in a chair and displayed in sideshows. After some years in a Los Angeles fun house he was used as an extra in television shows. After he lost an arm during the taping of an episode of The Six Million Dollar Man in 1977, He was finally buried in Gutheri Oklahoma.