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How many continents have a Mediterranean climate?

The Mediterranean climate - with moderate temperatures, mild winters and very rare precipitation in summer, as you might guess from the name, is inherent in the territories on the Mediterranean coast. However, not only them: according to the international classification, the Mediterranean climate is also inherent in the California coast, the western coasts of South Africa and Chile, the southwestern coast of Australia, as well as some places on the Black Sea - for example, Anapa or Tuapse.

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When was the first mummy made?

The ancient Egyptians believed in an afterlife. They believed that the soul is like a bird with a human face, which can fly all day, but by night must return to the grave, fearing evil spirits. The body must be kept the same as the soul left it, so that it can recognize it when it returns, and fly into the grave that it left. This is where the word "mummy" comes from. It is Arabic and means "a body preserved with resin and wax".

Most of the mummies were made without the use of resin or wax. The body was treated with salt. Salt placed inside the body, interacting with dry air, took away moisture. When the body dried up, it was washed, rubbed with the resin of pine trees and wrapped in hundreds of meters of cloth.

Until 3000 B.C. e. The Egyptians dried the bodies of the dead in the sands of the desert. The sand kept the bodies. Later, important people were buried in stone-cut tombs or in magnificent pyramids. But pyramids and stone gravestones are not as dry as desert sands. Therefore, it became necessary to improve the art of creating mummies. Around 1500 B.C. e. mummies began to be covered with a shell that had the shape of a body and was carefully painted. Then sarcophagi appeared, which also had the shape of a body and were beautifully decorated.

Sometimes beards were added to mummies. The beard in ancient Egypt was the property of only God or the king. Such beards showed that the person hoped to spend time in the afterlife in a very respectable company. In addition, the Egyptians considered sacred and some animals. These animals were also made into mummies and buried in animal cemeteries.

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