Bron: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-worl ... -23496068/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;Mummifying Alan: Taxi driver Alan Billis from Torquay made into a mummy like Tutankhamun after volunteering his body
MEET Alan Billis who is the first person in over 3,000 years to be mummified like Tutankhamun.
The 61-year-old taxi driver volunteered his body to the bizarre experiment before his death in January from lung cancer.
His corpse was put through a variety of special techniques used by the ancient Egyptians to mummify pharaohs.
Now, thanks to Alan, scientists have finally worked out how kings dating back to before 1,000BC were preserved.
His decision had the full support of his family – but they admit to being a bit nervous when they first saw his remains.
Speaking about the experiment, wife Jan joked: “I’m the only woman in the country with a mummy for a husband.
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He used to say, ‘I won’t be Tutankhamun, I’ll be Tutanalan... the grandkids will be able to tell their friends their grandad’s a mummy’.”
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