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Ancient Egyptian Mummification

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1- What is Mummification? pg 1
Chapter 2- The start of the Mummification process pg 2
Chapter 3- The drying process pg 3
Chapter 4- Wrapping pg 4
Chapter 5- The conclusion pg 5
Citations - pg 6

Mummification is the process of preserving the body after death, commonly practiced by the Ancient Egyptians. In Ancient Egypt the Egyptians would mummify the deceased, because they believed that the deceased would need their body in the afterlife. It then became a common practice when a person died to preserve the body by mummifying it.

Chapter One

What is Mummification?

Mummification is the process of preserving the body after death, commonly practiced by the Ancient Egyptians. In Ancient Egypt the Egyptians would mummify the deceased, because they believed that the deceased would need their body in the afterlife. It then became a common practice when a person died to preserve the body by mummifying it.

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Chapter Two

The start of the mummification process

The mummification process would begin by a priest removing all internal organ consisting of the liver, lungs, stomach, intestines, and the brain. They would remove the brain by carefully inserting a hooked instrument through the nostrils to pull out the brain tissue. As for the other organs the priest would make a cut on the left side of the abdomen to remove the other organs, but they would leave the heart believing that the deceased would need it in the afterlife. The organs were then put into separate jars called canopic jars, which were then buried with the deceased.

The next step in mummification would be to dry out the body. The priest would do this by taking natron a salt found in dried lake beds, and cover the body in the salt. Priests would also put packets of natron inside the body to dry it out. Once the body was completely dried out the priests would remove the packets of natron and wash off the natron from the body. At the end of this drying process the body was left dried out but still in a human like state.

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Chapter 3

The start of the mummification process

The drying process

The next step in mummification would be to dry out the body. The priest would do this by taking natron a salt found in dried lake beds, and cover the body in the salt. Priests would also put packets of natron inside the body to dry it out. Once the body was completely dried out the priests would remove the packets of natron and wash off the natron from the body. At the end of this drying process the body was left dried out but still in a human like state.

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Chapter 4

Wrapping

After the deceased's organs were removed and their body was dried out with salt they were to be wrapped in linen to complete the mummification process. Each mummy would need hundreds of yards of linen to fully wrap the body. The priests would wrap the entire body in linen carefully. Priests would place amulets in the wrappings to protect the deceased from becoming misshapen.

Now after the deceased has been mummified they will now be buried most likely with their canopic jars filled with their organs. Now you know how to mummify the deceased.

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