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Why did Egyptians perform mummificayion?

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The Egyptians believed that the soul would leave the body after death. However, it was still the earthly vessel, and should the body be destroyed or rotted away, the soul would die. As a result, to keep that from happening, the Egyptians would mummify the dead.

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