The First Mummies Did Not Come from Egypt

Egypt is famous for their mummies--but if the truth was told, Egypt was not the first mummy making society or even the originators of the idea,

This is from the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Mummy Exhibit, April 4th, 2012:

"...Mummies from ancient Peru, Chile, and Ecuador...Early South American societies created the earliest mummies in the world...7000 years ago."

Predynastic dynasty of Nubia: A women was buried in hot, dry sand about 5500 years ago. "Without water, bacteria could not breed, so her body did not decay. Many scholars believe this kind of natural mummification gave the Egyptians the idea for elaborate artificial mummification."

From the above, it appears Egypt not only did not invent the mummy, but copied it from the Nubians. It also appears mummification began in South America, not Egypt or Africa.