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In the process of mummification, all the organs are removed except for the heart. This even included the brain, which they removed via the nose, because they felt it was not important. The heart, however, was believed the center for a person's existence which is why they left it in.

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All of the organs were removed; only the heart remained inside the mummy.

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How did they take out the parts of the mummies?

They pulled the brain through the nostrils, and cut the body open to remove the other organs.


What do they do with the mummies?

They remove the internal organs, then they prop up the bones with sticks. Rumour has it that they used chicken poo, though that isn't true.


What is the containers for organs or mummies?

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Chemical use to embalm the organs in mummies?

Natron.


Jar that had the emblem organs?

If you are asking what jar held the organs after Egyptian mummies were embalmed, the answer is canoptic jars.


What was the chemical that was used to enbalm the organs of mummys?

Natron was used on mummies.


What are Egyptian mummies made out of?

The Egyptians participated in the practice of preserving the dead also known as mummification which is where we get the word "mummy". They would remove the internal organs and preserve the body with bandages.


What organs were removed from mummies and why?

everything except heart bcoz it might rot


Why don't Egyptian mummies rot?

The internal organs were removed and the body was treated with embalming chemicals.


What types of mummies are there?

There are naturally preserved mummies which include:desert mummies , freeze dried mummies/ refrigerated mummies, bog bodies,Deliberately preserved mummies which include:egyptian mummies, chinese mummies, aleutian island mummy , Incan mummies and modern mummies


What were the most important organs for in Egyptian mummies?

All of them, if some were left in the body, the body would rot.


What jars were used to preserve internal organs for mummies?

the jar is called a canopic