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Why Were mummies considered gods?

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

You've got it backwards. The kings and sometimes the Queen's of ancient Egypt were considered gods. That is why there were mummified in the first place!! They were mummified to keep their bodies good and ready for immortalitiy to be bestowed on them. ☺

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