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Thousands of Inca Mummies Unearthed

Posted by michael on from the b-movie-fodder dept.

kgarcia writes "National Geographic has an article about one of the most important archeological discoveries about the Incas in recent times. As much as 10,000 mummies were discovered in an ancient Incan graveyard, in cocoons containing as much as 7 mummies per bundle."

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  1. noooo... don't make me do it. by realgone · · Score: 2, Offtopic
    Oh well, there's no helping it. Lemme hop into my little schoolmarm outfit.

    Ahem. Use as many as when referring to countable nouns, as much as when referring to uncountable ones. For example:

    "As many as 10,000 mummies..."
    "... as many as 7 mummies per bundle..."

    rather than:

    "As much as 10,000 mummies..."
    "... as much as 7 mummies per bundle."

    Yup, those years of Catholic schooling left me with emotional and grammatical scars. (And the aforementioned fondness for schoolmarm outfits.)

  2. Re:But it's April 17th by Servo5678 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    So, this guy's nick name is really Willy Cock?!

    Can you imagine attending a lecture by this guy?

    "Please rise for Dr. Cock..."