Note: This post is about mummification and WILL feature photos of mummies (i.e. dead people). If this type of topic upsets you, please don’t read this post.
Astrid, the heroine of Taking Vengeance, originates from and now lives on Second Buoir, a small planet. She comes from a warrior tribe and, as a result, death is a big part of her life. Her kinfolk bury their dead (after performing a ritual) and, due to the type of soil found on the planet, the bodies are naturally mummified.
Is this possible?
Most of us know about the Egyptian mummies. Those bodies were specially prepared to ensure mummification. It was often a long and elaborate process.
The floor at the bottom of the display is made of glass. The Mummies can be seen through that glass.
But there ARE many incidents on Earth of people being naturally mummified. The Dear Wonderful Hubby and I recently visited Arica, Chile. In Arica, there were natural mummies found dating from as far back as 5050 BC (the earliest mummies from Egypt date from 3000 BC, 2050 years AFTER the Arica mummies).
One of the Mummies at the Arica, Chile site.
These Arica mummies belonged to the Chinchorro culture and, unlike many cultures, they cared for ALL of their dead in the same way, whether the dead person had held an important role or had been completely dependent upon others. The audio guide stated that the most care was often taken for children, including babies from miscarriages. Bodies were often wrapped in reeds and buried with their possessions.
As the culture advanced, the Chinchorro took additional steps to preserve their dead but about a third of the mummies found were naturally preserved.
As Wikipedia shares ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinchorro_mummies ), “The soil is very rich in nitrates which, when combined with other factors such as the aridity of the Atacama Desert, ensure organic preservation. Salts halt bacterial growth; the hot, dry conditions facilitate rapid desiccation, evaporating all bodily fluids of the corpses. Soft tissues, as a result, dry before they decay and a naturally preserved mummy is left.”
The ‘mummies’ in the photos have been exposed to air (some of them have been exposed for more than 100 years). That, combined with being over 7,000 years old, makes them less mummy-like and more like skeletons. And yes, the hair is real. It survived.
There are other incidences throughout our planet of natural mummification (natural mummification can often occur in clay-heavy ground). Natural mummification, while rare, IS possible.
Many of the Mummies were wrapped in reeds and were buried with their possessions.
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Taking Vengeance
The only force stronger than their hate is their love.
Vengeance hates all humans. They killed every being he ever cared about. When the huge C Model cyborg is told he’s genetically compatible with the enemy, he makes it his mission to capture the female and use her to expel all humans from his home planet. That should be disappointingly easy. She’s a weak, fragile human.
Then she blows up his ship, blasting to bits his preconceived notions about the enemy.
Astrid, aka the Buoir Berserker, hates all cyborgs. They killed her entire clan, including her baby sister. The warrior female has vowed to hunt down and destroy the enemy. When a savage cyborg arrogantly puts his hard, sexy body within her reach, she does the only thing a female can do—she peppers his muscular physique with projectiles.
The more passionately they fight, the stronger their attraction becomes. Neither of them will relent on their missions, yet they can’t keep their hands off each other. Their battle will either end in love to last an eternity or in death.
Taking Vengeance is Book 12 in the Cyborg Sizzle series and is a STAND-ALONE story.
It is also an enemies-to-lovers Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, often violent universe.
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