A taxi driver has donated his body to be mummified...

A former taxi driver from Torquay, United Kingdom, passed in his will express desire that wants to be mummified his body for scientific purposes.

Billis Alan died at the age of 61 years because of lung cancer in January this year. During his lifetime, the taxi driver was very interesting ancient civilization Egypt.

According to their previous statements, the idea to donate their body to mummification, came after he watched a documentary about the science of mummification processes.

Dr. Stephen Buckley and archaeologist Jo Fletcher of the University of York LIMITATION modern scientific equipment used to determine the exact formula of the materials used in mummification in ancient Egypt, resin materials, vegetable oils and beeswax.

Body taxi driver was held in extremely salty water bath for 5 weeks. After this phase initially, the body was anointed with oils for 2 months. The final phase consisted of wrapping the body in layers of linen and left to dry for three months aolte.

In his will, Alan Billlis bizarre gesture motivated by the fact that so wanted to make one last surprise his grandchildren, who boast colleagues to come play with their grandfather mummy.

Mummified taxi driver will be exhibited in the collection of Sheffield Forensic Center.