It protects against wind and rain damage.

VOA: special.2009.06.30

Twenty-four-year-old Lukasz Pawlowski says he agrees with the ban, if only because it protects the feelings of older Poles.

VOA: standard.2009.12.16

The mummification process protects the body's soft tissue long after it would normally break down.

VOA: special.2010.06.29

"It also protects against malnutrition.

VOA: standard.2009.08.01