新证据显示,早在公元前4300年前,古埃及人可能就研究出保护死者尸体的复杂而高效的混合物。这几乎要比史前欧洲人开始修建巨石阵的时间早2000年,也比人们公认的埃及开始木乃伊制作工艺的时间早约1500年。英国约克大学的化学考古学家斯蒂芬·巴克利说:“这清楚地表明,史前时期的埃及人能相当高深地使用防腐药剂。”埃及古物学家所普遍接受的看法是,埃及木乃伊的制作是古 New evidence shows that as early as 4,300 BC, the ancient Egyptians may have developed a complex and efficient mixture to protect the deceased’s body. It was almost 2,000 years earlier than the prehistoric Europeans started building Stonehenge and it was about 1,500 years earlier than the time it was accepted that Egypt started the mummification process. Stephen Buckley, a chemical archeologist at the University of York in the United Kingdom, said: “This clearly shows that prehistoric Egyptians were able to use preservatives quite well.” "It is generally accepted by Egyptian antiquities that the Egyptian mummies Production is ancient