(n.) The act of making a mummy.

air-drying anhydration ashes blast-freezing body bones bottling brining cadaver canning carcass carrion clay corning corpse corpus delicti crowbait curing dead body dead man dead person decedent dehumidification dehydration desiccation drainage dry bones dry-curing drying drying up dust earth embalmed corpse embalming embalmment evaporation food for worms freeze-drying freezing fuming insolation irradiation jerking late lamented marination mortal remains mummy organic remains pickling potting quick-freezing refrigeration relics reliquiae remains salting seasoning skeleton smoking stiff stuffing taxidermy tenement of clay the dead the deceased the defunct the departed the loved one tinning withering