THE 2-MINUTE RULE FOR MUMMIFICATION

Wasps with the genus Aleiodes are referred to as "mummy wasps" because they wrap their caterpillar prey as "mummies".Historical Egyptians thought in an afterlife when anyone died.  Mummification helped anyone reach the afterlife because they thought that an afterlife could only exist if there was a form the ka (soul) could repossess soon after Dy