The mummy is a corpse that doesn't rot, although men make up using various methods to preserve the bodies, although not rotten. The Mummy known as the most ancient of the mummies made in Egypt when a. More from Persian (Iran is) thought that the black substance known as're-domain stand alone is the raw material used to make mummies Egypt. The language of Persia's business domain is the mum and wife, which is the origin of the word "Mummy" in English.