Ancient Egyptians started preserving bodies
The most complicated mummification processThe technique used on royals and high officials from the New Kingdom until the start of the Late Period, about 1550 to 664 BCE, is considered the best and most complicated mummification process. - See more at: http://australianmuseum.net.au/How-were-ancient-Egyptians-mummified#sthash.U7ICom0G.dpuf The most complicated mummification processThe technique used on royals and high officials from the New Kingdom until the start of the Late Period, about 1550 to 664 BCE, is considered the best and most complicated mummification process. - See more at: http://australianmuseum.net.au/How-were-ancient-Egyptians-mummified#sthash.U7ICom0G.dpuf(mummification process) within the period 1550-664 BCE. The technique was used for royals and high class officials.
mummification process
mummification process
The most complicated mummification processThe technique used on royals and high officials from the New Kingdom until the start of the Late Period, about 1550 to 664 BCE, is considered the best and most complicated mummification process. - See more at: http://australianmuseum.net.au/How-were-ancient-Egyptians-mummified#sthash.U7ICom0G.dpufSorry, but I don't think we all know yet...
Egyptians thought that people were made up of five elements; body, spirit, personality, name and shadow. By preserving the body, they believed that they could keep the elements alive.
preserving Pharaohs dead bodies and their treasure
The ancient Egyptians did not mummify their gods but the bodies of their dead.
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Sorry, but I don't think we all know yet...
That process was called mummification. Not only was it practiced by the Egyptians, it was practiced by the Mayans, the Turks, and even the Chinese!
Mummification
Egyptians thought that people were made up of five elements; body, spirit, personality, name and shadow. By preserving the body, they believed that they could keep the elements alive.
preserving Pharaohs dead bodies and their treasure
Monotheism
The earliest ancient Egyptians buried their dead in small pits in the desert. The heat and dryness of the sand dehydrated the bodies quickly, creating lifelike and natural 'mummies'.Later, the ancient Egyptians began burying their dead in coffins to protect them from wild animals in the desert. However, they realised that bodies placed in coffins decayed when they were not exposed to the hot, dry sand of the desert.Over many centuries, the ancient Egyptians developed a method of preserving bodies so they would remain lifelike. The process included embalming the bodies and wrapping them in strips of linen. Today we call this process mummification.
out salt on the bodies and wrap it with cloth
The ancient Egyptians did not mummify their gods but the bodies of their dead.
People who preserve animal bodies are known as 'taxidermists'
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.
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