This made mummification of the bodies happen quickly, over a period of two or three months.

这样躯体会在2-3个月时间内迅速“木乃伊化”。

On the other hand, drier conditions lead to mummification.

另一方面，较干燥的环境会导致木乃伊化。

Many South American tribes, including the Inca,   practiced ancestor worship through mummification.

许多南美部落，包括印加人，都通过制作木乃伊来崇拜祖先。

The ancient process of mummification ensured that the body was there for the soul to inhabit in the afterlife.

古老的木乃伊化过程确保了尸体在那里，供灵魂在来世居住。

At the tail-end of the Old Kingdom, however, Anubis underwent a profound metamorphosis, which began with the discovery of mummification.

然而，在古王国末期，阿努比斯经历了一场深刻的蜕变，这始于木乃伊的发现。

The cat was probably around 5 months old when it died. Its neck was broken at the time of death or during the mummification process.

木乃伊猫死的时候大概有5个月大。它的颈部在死亡时或在制作木乃伊过程中被折断。

Ancient Egyptians preserved bodies through a complex process of mummification, in hopes that the soul could reinhabit it in the next world.

古埃及人通过复杂的木乃伊化过程保存尸体，希望灵魂能够在下一个世界重新居住。

Mummification in Egypt began about 4,600 years ago—the blink of an eye in palaeontological terms—and the desert climate of that country is particularly conducive to the preservation of DNA.So this was a good place to begin.

埃及的木乃伊制作始于大约 4600 年前——从古生物学的角度来看只是一眨眼的功夫——而且那个国家的沙漠气候特别有利于 DNA 的保存。所以这是一个很好的起点。