They only preserve it
The ancient Egyptians did not mummify their gods but the bodies of their dead.
I think they dound the dead bodies and demanded to know
They preserved The Bodies of their dead.
To preserve the bodies for use in the afterlife Also to keep the bodies clean.
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.
They preserved The Bodies of their dead.
The bodies were embalmed to prevent the smell, putrification, and rotting of the dead bodies prior to and after burial. Egyptians believed that the body had to be intact when it entered the Afterlife.
So the spirits could go to the afterlife
They preserved The Bodies of their dead.
They wrote the book of the dead proclaiming what to do to the dead bodies and what would happen to the deceased.
The Egyptians had a belief that if the dead bodies were preserved that they would go into an afterlife.
Mostly to hide the bodies from thieves. (When they died they would have their riches with them)