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PRESEREVED HUMAN REMAINS
WHAT IS A PHR?
PHR are human remains that have been preserved, by accident or on purpose.
By human remains we mean; skeletons as well as additions: skin, hair, organs, clothes, artefacts etc
There are many ways a body can be preserved
by accident.
These include:
ICE
THE ICEMAN
BOGS OR MARSHES
WINDEBY GIRL
CAVES
LEMONGROVE GIRL
SAND
HOW ARE PRH MADE?
A PHR is created when a body was put in a place where no air or moisture could get to it. Lack of air and moisture delays the
decaying process and mummifies the body.
MAKING PHR ON PURPOSE
The two most famous ways of creating PHR on purpose are:
MUMMIFICATION
FREEZING
MUMMIFICATION
Is the oldest way to preserve humans and other living things.
The most famous “mummies” come from Ancient Egypt.
Some of these mummies are:
TUTANKHAMEN
RAMSES THE GREAT
MUMMIFICATION
The mummification process used by the Egyptians lasted for 90 days. The steps were as follows:
1. Embalming
2. Removal of Brain
3. Removal of Internal Organs
4. Drying Out Process
5. Wrapping of the Body
6. Final Procession
CRYOGENIC FREEZING
The is a relatively new process where a body is frozen in the hope of reviving it in the future.
Your body is frozen using liquid nitrogen at stored at –220 degrees C
The only drawback is that it doesn’t actually work yet!!
OTHER MODERN PHR
There are other people around the world who have had their bodies frozen. Some of these are famous politicians whose bodies are on display in important locations around the world.
Some of these people include:
LENIN - 1924
STALIN - 1953
HO CHI MIHN - 1969
MAO TSE TUNG - 1976
PLACES TO FIND PHR
PHR have been found all over the place.
Most of the most famous places include: Egypt England Denmark Russia Australia South America China
THIS UNIT
This unit we are going to look at PHR from around the world.We are first going to look closely at the ICEMAN – where he was found, when, how, by who etc.We are then going to widen our study with individual looks at different mummies from all over the place.