A phylum is the second largest way of grouping the animal kingdom. Bears are animals, so they belong in the Kingdom Animalia. Bears are also in a special group called Chordata â¦ (pronounced core-data), which is the same group as Humans, Birds, Fish, Mice and Lizards. Chordata is the phylum bears belong to.
Egyptian Mummies. It was very important to ancient Egyptian religious beliefs that the human body was preserved. A method of artificial preservation, called mummification was developed by the ancient Egyptians. Mummification was a complicated and lengthy process which lasted up to 70 days.
verb (used with object), mummified, mummifying. 1. to make (a dead body) into a mummy, as by embalming and drying. 2. to make (something) resemble a mummy; dry or shrivel up: The dead lizard was mummified by the hot desert air.