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The heart was considered more important to facing the afterlife than the brain. The brain would be mashed by stirring with a metal prong inserted through the nose, and the brain hooked out and discarded.

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They used a special stick to take the brain out of the Pharoah's or noble person's body. The brain was discarded completely because the Ancient Egyptians thought that a person's thoughts came from the heart, not the brain. All of the organs (except the heart) were put in different special jars. These jars would help the Pharoah or other important person on their journey through Duat, the Ancient Egyptian underworld. All Ancient Egyptians believed in eternal life. Pharaohs were buried in pyramids or tombs because they wanted to go to the underworld/afterlife faster, and they wanted some place nice and fancy to be put to rest.

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The Egyptians would stick a hot Poker up the nose of the dead body. They wiggled it around until the brains turned to mush, and then either poured or pulled it out through the nostril. They then disposed of the brains.

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they smashed it and pulled it out of the nose with a hook, later it was taken out by the eye, and even later it was taken out by a hole in the skull

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According to recent studies presented by history.com the brain was left intact no hooks or rods used

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Using a hook pushed up through the nose (breaking the bone there to do it).

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the took it out by pulling half string half Cain by the nose

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