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the mummy is from many civilizations not just Egypt which is the most well known. People were also mummied in Chile, and other countries

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The Ancient Egyptians.

The Incas - Mummies found in Peru and Chile

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What is the Egyptian process of preserving a dead body called?

It did not really have a name. It was the mummification process.


What is preservation of dead organism by drying?

Mummification.


What does mummification?

Mummification is the process, whether deliberate or on accident, of the long term preservation of a dead body. The term mummification implies a high degree of preservation, as opposed to the short term preservation methods generally used today.


What was natron used for in ancient Egypt?

it was used to make the dead body smell good, and to stuff it too


What were the great pyramids for?

It was used to place dead bodies of the emperors or very important people they used a process of it called mummification


What does mummification mean?

Mummification is the process, whether deliberate or on accident, of the long term preservation of a dead body. The term mummification implies a high degree of preservation, as opposed to the short term preservation methods generally used today.


What was an Egyptian natron?

It was salt to the ancient Egyptians. They used it to fill dead bodies in the mummification process to absorb moisture. By the way...the mummification process took 70 days to complete.


What was the process of Egyptians preserving the dead?

Mummification


What was the process of preserving the dead called?

Mummification


What is the purpose for mummification?

In Egypt, dead monarchs were mummified to preserve their bodies. Many Egyptians believed that for someone to pass over to the next life, they needed to have a body to go back to. As for other civilizations I am not sure.


Who is Anubis the mummification?

he is the god who greets the dead to the afterlife


What word describes how an Egyptian preserves a dead body?

Mummification.