Are mummies technically zombies?

[Regina Terra]

Cuz all they really are, is well preserved dead who are reanimated. Sooo, are they actually zombies?

[Kadesh]

mum·my1      /ˈmʌmi/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[muhm-ee] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation noun, plural -mies, verb, -mied, -my·ing. –noun

1. the dead body of a human being or animal preserved by the ancient Egyptian process or some similar method of embalming. 

2. a dead body dried and preserved by nature. 

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A mummy itself is not anything living. It's the result of a process of embalming.


zom·bie      /ˈzɒmbi/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[zom-bee] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun

1. (in voodoo) a. the body of a dead person given the semblance of life, but mute and will-less, by a supernatural force, usually for some evil purpose. 

A zombie is the 'reanimated' corpse of something or someone. They are just terms used in different cultures that people confuse to be the same thing.

[Regina Terra]

I got the idea from watching Return Of the Mummy the other day.

[Kadesh]

 You got the idea from Hollywood? The same Hollywood who says that Vamps are the walking dead?

[Regina Terra]

No just Hollywood, they only brought the idea up to the surface. I originally got the idea from a book where a necromancer arose a mummy to kill his enemies cuz it wouldn't rot & fall apart like ordinary zombies would.

[Kadesh]

 That's quite true.. The way they're preserved after death would make them a better weapon.

[Regina Terra]

But does that make them a class all their own?

[Kadesh]

They're still two seperate things. Mummies and Zombies. Not really related because a Mummy can become a Zombie. But it's not a zombie origionally. A Mummy and a body are related because they can both become Zombies.

[Regina Terra]

Ah, okay.

[Team Squidward]

Yeah, I don't think that it says anywhere in egyptian mythology that Mummified people would magically get up and hunt down people who stole their stuff. It's usually controlled by a sick form of Karma (Their eyes will fall off, they'll be eaten by a hippo, ect).

[Kadesh]

 Revenge of the Gods........... gotta love the Ancients.