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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Human Embalming Techniques with Organ Preservation: An Update and Literature Review. | Oct 27, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Human Embalming Techniques with Organ Preservation: An Update and Literature Review. | Aug 07, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ACS Publications - Embalming: A ?Living? Rite (PDF). | Apr 02, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Nature - Biomolecular analyses enable new insights into ancient Egyptian embalming. | Jan 09, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Michigan - William L. Clements Library - Modern Embalming. | Sep 30, 2024 | ||
| Media added. | Jun 13, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Embalming and other methods of dead body preservation. | Sep 29, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC News - The living dead: new embalming method aids surgical training. | Aug 03, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia - Embalm. | May 28, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Human Embalming Techniques with Organ Preservation: An Update and Literature Review. | Feb 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Verywell Health - An Introduction to Embalming. | Feb 22, 2019 | ||
| Corrected information regarding the type of salt used to dry out body tissues during the process of mummification. | Aug 29, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute - Egyptian Mummies. | Jan 13, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: The British Museum - Embalming the Body. | Jan 13, 2017 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 13, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Mortician School.Net - Embalmer Career and Education Information. | Feb 05, 2016 | ||
| Added an image of an embalming surgeon at work on a soldier's body during the American Civil War. | Jun 01, 2011 | ||
| New illustration added. | Jan 15, 2009 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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