It did not really have a name. It was the mummification process.
"MUMMIFICATION"
Mummification is the real name for it.
Death, Wealth,Mummification
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The mummification process is not quite complete.
Mummification took 70 days in total.
The word 'mummification' is a noun, a word for a process; a word for a thing.
Mummification was located in Ancient Egypt abpout 5,000 years ago.
It all started out when ancient egyptians believed in a god by the name of Anubis who was a mummification god. they worshiped him for many years until he died. but they still do mummification.
The primary source for mummification is actual mummies and text references to how it was done at that time such as The Book of the Dead.http://www.spurlock.illinois.edu/exhibits/online/mummification/sources.html
Ancient Chinese never did mummification like the Ancient Egyptians.