It was up to about 400 yards long.
to wrap mummies
Ancient Egyptians used a material called linen.
Ancient Egyptians used linen made of flax fiber to enshroud their mummies.
you use flax to make linen. The ancient Egyptians used linen for their clothes and for embalming mummies.
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Irish linen is well regarded but Egypt has used it for millennium especially in wrapping of mummies.
No, mummies were not wrapped in toilet paper. Ancient Egyptians used linen cloth to wrap their deceased as part of their embalming process, which aimed to preserve the body for the afterlife. The process involved multiple layers of linen, often treated with resins and oils, to protect and honor the deceased. Toilet paper, a modern invention, did not exist in ancient times.
The eyeball was often pushed into the eye socket and covered with a linen pad. Sometimes eyes were painted onto the linen, but eventually the Egyptians began to use stone or glass eyes. Sometimes mummies had whole onions for eyes and occasionally received onion skins to cover the eyes, but a more common method was to use dried grapes and beeswax.
Linen was first used by the ancient Egyptians more than 4000 years ago.