--- title: "5 Mummification Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 5 Mummification quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Mummification sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86c/catharine-arnold-42363_dead_the-faithful-clamoured-to-be-buried-alon_544429.jpg" --- > [“The faithful clamoured to be buried alongside the martyrs, as close as possible to the venerable remains, a custom which, in anthropological…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catharine-arnold/the-faithful-clamoured-to-be-buried-alongside-the-martyrs-as-close-as/) [Catharine Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catharine-arnold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86c/catharine-arnold-42363_dead_the-faithful-clamoured-to-be-buried-alon_544429.jpg) > [“Osiris, to go directly to the important part of this, was not a "dying god," not "life caught in the spell of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-jaynes/osiris-to-go-directly-to-the-important-part-of-this-was-not-a-dying/) [Julian Jaynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-jaynes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40d/julian-jaynes-13804_1976_osiris-to-go-directly-to-the-important-p_1528902.jpg) > [Nothing is more detestable to the physical anthropologist than... the wretched habit of cremating the dead. It involves not only a prodigal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/earnest-hooton/nothing-is-more-detestable-to-the-physical-anthropologist-than-the/) [Earnest Hooton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/earnest-hooton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a27/earnest-hooton-65212_anthropologists_nothing-is-more-detestable-to-the-physic_1534114.jpg) > [“There's a fine line between self-preservation and mummification.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mik-everett/there-s-a-fine-line-between-self-preservation-and-mummification/) [Mik Everett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mik-everett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/969/mik-everett-55835_eating-disorders_there-s-a-fine-line-between-self-preserv_1599327.jpg) > [“Anubis is associated with the mummification and protection of the dead for their journeys through Denver International Airport to the afterlife. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-moles/anubis-is-associated-with-the-mummification-and-protection-of-the/) [Stephen Moles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-moles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92c/stephen-moles-65663_afterlife_anubis-is-associated-with-the-mummificat_2879114.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mummification/#itemlist", "name": "Mummification Quotes", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The faithful clamoured to be buried alongside the martyrs, as close as possible to the venerable remains, a custom which, in anthropological terms, recalls Neolithic beliefs that certain human remains possessed supernatural properties. It was believed that canonized saints did not rot, like lesser mortals, but that their corpses were miraculously preserved and emanated an odour of sanctity, a sweet, floral smell, for years after death. In forensic terms, such preservation is likely to be a result of natural mummification in hot, dry conditions.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Catharine Arnold" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catharine-arnold/the-faithful-clamoured-to-be-buried-alongside-the-martyrs-as-close-as/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86c/catharine-arnold-42363_dead_the-faithful-clamoured-to-be-buried-alon_544429.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86c/catharine-arnold-42363_dead_the-faithful-clamoured-to-be-buried-alon_544429.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86c/catharine-arnold-42363_dead_the-faithful-clamoured-to-be-buried-alon_544429.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The faithful clamoured to be buried alongside the martyrs, as close as possible to the venerable remains, a…” — Catharine Arnold", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Osiris, to go directly to the important part of this, was not a \"dying god,\" not \"life caught in the spell of death,\" or \"a dead god,\" as modern interpreters have said. He was the hallucinated voice of a dead king whose admonitions could still carry weight. And since he could still be heard, there is no paradox in the fact that the body from which the voice once came should be mummified, with all the equipment of the tomb providing life's necessities: food, drink, slaves, women, the lot. There was no mysterious power that emanated from him; simply his remembered voice which appeared in hallucination to those who had known him and which could admonish or suggest even as it has before he stopped moving and breathing. And that various natural phenomena such as the whispering of waves could act as the cue for such hallucinations accounts for the belief that Osiris, or the king whose body has ceased to move and is in his mummy cloths, continues to control the flooding of the Nile. Further, the relationship between Horus and Osiris, 'embodied' in each new king and his dead father forever, can only be understood as the assimilation of an hallucinated advising voice into the king's own voice, which then would be repeated with the next generation.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Julian Jaynes" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-jaynes/osiris-to-go-directly-to-the-important-part-of-this-was-not-a-dying/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40d/julian-jaynes-13804_1976_osiris-to-go-directly-to-the-important-p_1528902.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40d/julian-jaynes-13804_1976_osiris-to-go-directly-to-the-important-p_1528902.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40d/julian-jaynes-13804_1976_osiris-to-go-directly-to-the-important-p_1528902.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Osiris, to go directly to the important part of this, was not a \"dying god,\" not \"life caught in the spell…” — Julian Jaynes", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Nothing is more detestable to the physical anthropologist than... the wretched habit of cremating the dead. It involves not only a prodigal waste of costly fuel and excellent fertilizer, but also the complete destruction of physical historical data. 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He is usually portrayed as being half human and half jackal, and holding a metal detector in his hand ... Anubis is employed by the Department of Homeland Security to examine the hearts of all travellers to make sure they have not exceeded the weight limit for psychological baggage ... He is also shown frisking mummies and confiscating firearms and other contraband. It doesn't take much to tip the scales in favour of a dead body cavity search or an afterlifetime travel ban.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen Moles" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-moles/anubis-is-associated-with-the-mummification-and-protection-of-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92c/stephen-moles-65663_afterlife_anubis-is-associated-with-the-mummificat_2879114.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92c/stephen-moles-65663_afterlife_anubis-is-associated-with-the-mummificat_2879114.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92c/stephen-moles-65663_afterlife_anubis-is-associated-with-the-mummificat_2879114.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Anubis is associated with the mummification and protection of the dead for their journeys through Denver…” — Stephen Moles", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mummification/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mummification/", "name": "Mummification Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mummification/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86c/catharine-arnold-42363_dead_the-faithful-clamoured-to-be-buried-alon_544429.jpg" }, "description": "Browse 5 Mummification quotes by 5 authors. 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