Chinese Mummy

Watched National Geographic Channel (SCV Ch 11, Astro Ch 52) during lunch time, a show called "About Asia: Riddles of the Dead: Diva Mummy" Basically, the show was about this 2000yr old Chinese National (am I politically correct?) or cheena woman as my friends will call them whose body is so well mummified that the Eyptian ones 'pi bo yen' (smell no smoke = cannot compare).

In fact it was a bit gross watching the pathologist taking out her perfectly well preserved and intact organs and brains.. I was having Penang char kuey tio and the brain looks damn like my packet of food!


The commentator also mentioned that till today they still dont really know how come the mummy so well preserved and they are unable to yet do something like this.

Anyway, the show got me thinking.. 'how come last time people so smart... isit we getting dumber by the day.. or isit last time they have magic and stuff like kungfu series where the people can fly here and there..'

For folks who have watched it, I believe you would have been as amazed as me about how well mummy looked. For folks who didn't catch it, I can't seem to find the repeat (or was it the repeat I was watching) on the programme schedule. :(