Mummification

Early Mummification (the disaster)

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Added a pile of rocks to keep jackals out.

Ended in disaster and they had to rethink their process.

Added a coffin and buried deeper than usual.

Added brick floors and walls to the pit in the sand.

Wrapped in linen and resin to make it waterproof.

Buried in a shallow pit in the sand

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Hot sand would dry out the dead before they could decay.

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Perfecting Mummification (a 70 day process!)

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Added a funeral mask.

Placed in a coffin and possibly a sarcophagus.

Remove the inside parts of the body so it wouldn't decay. (leave the heart in)

Put jewelry, linen, and covered the linen in resin to make it waterproof.

Make an incision on the left side. Others would throw stones at the embalmer (symbolic)

The body was washed with wine, rubbed with spices, and covered for 40 days with natron.

Organs were preserved in a special salt called natron. The brain was thrown away.

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Finally ready for burial.

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