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I've been asked multiple times how I go about cleaning and preserving the skulls that I find so I've decided to put together a sort of FAQ/how-to regarding this subject.  Please keep in mind that there is more than one "right" way to achieve things in the realm of taxidermy.  This is just the way I do my skulls/bones.  :) You will need: Plastic bag for picking up your treasure A good sized flower pot An ant hill (if possible) Disposable plastic gloves Nice sized metal pot kept solely for boiling skulls/bones Plastic container for soaking the skull/bones in Hydrogen peroxide 3%-7% Small pokey thing for helping remove brain bits and other yuc

I have been meaning to write this up and I am finally, finally doing it.  Consider this a sort of rough draft until I get a good image of one of my mummies for the thumbnail!  :) As a collector of mummies both found and made, this is one of my largest hobbies aside from skulls and photography and art.  It's a rather basic hobby and employs just a little common sense.  So this tutorial won't be very long. The first part will cover mummies you may have found.  The second part will cover mummies you may want to make. I found a mummy!  Now what? So you found a mummy and want to keep