The most famous mummies are the Egyptian ones, which were carefully dried out with salts, treated with oils and resins and wrapped in linen before being placed in a coffin.

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

She handed the girl a five dollar bill and waited for her change and the wrapped box with the stockings.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

Then the woman wrapped the rain babies in pieces of cloth and laid them to sleep in a drawer.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

The air - smelling of coffee and fried food - wrapped itself around his head.

VOA: special.2009.01.31

The air -- smelling of coffee and fried food -- wrapped itself around his head.

VOA: special.2010.05.29

"As a kid I never liked bread." "I grew up in the 1950 and 1960s with this horrible cellophane-wrapped pre-sliced white bread.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

Aid workers distributed brightly wrapped chocolate Easter eggs to cheer up the children and their distraught families.

VOA: standard.2009.04.12

The man in the soft felt hat, kneeling by the reclining woman and supporting her with an arm wrapped around her shoulders bears a striking resemblance to a certain fictional archaeologist.

VOA: standard.2010.08.09

And I think that every little bit makes a huge difference." While his class wrapped up, students for the next computer class, to be taught in Spanish,filed in, reflecting the diversity of this community, as well as its shared needs.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24