Even mummies gotta eat.

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You probably know that ancient Egyptian mummies were buried with jewelry, furniture, pets, and other comforts to enjoy in the afterlife, But meat? Researchers in England and Egypt recently analyzed "mummy meat" from four ancient Egyptian tombs. It turns out that meat snacks for super VIP mummies were wrapped in the best stay-fresh packaging money could buy. For example, the beef ribs buried with the in-laws of Pharaoh Amenhotep III around 1350 B.C. were treated with specially imported Mediterranean plant resins. By contrast, a goat leg buried with a priestess around 1250 B.C. was...