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Africans mummified their dead 9 000 years ago. A mummified infant was found under the Uan Muhuggiag rock shelter in south western Libya. The infant was buried in the foetal position and was mummified using a very sophisticated technique that must have taken hundreds of years to evolve. The technique predates the earliest mummies known in Ancient Egypt by at least 1 000 years. Carbon dating is controversial but the mummy may date from 7438 (±220) BC.