That's not a fair comparison. The mummy creators removed the internal organs of the deceased, replacing them with preservatives like natron -- http://en.wikipe

That's not a fair comparison. The mummy creators removed the internal organs of the deceased, replacing them with preservatives like natron -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natron http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natron -- and basically creating a simulacrum of a biological being. This is not to suggest that our present fascination with freezing is any less crude and unworkable. > After thousands of years we are still unable to resurrect them and arguably we wouldn't even if we could. That's because the mummies aren't remotely the people they once were, any more than a wax sculpture of Prince is Prince -- or the artist once known as Prince, if that's still going on. But I would certainly like to reanimate some of those ancient figures, ask a few questions about ancient Egypt. Doesn't that sound interesting?