They believed strongly in the after-life. Mummification was believed to preserve the physical body in preparation for the next life.
yes. they used a salt compound called matron to mummify the kings or pharaoh's
That would be pretty difficult for them to do, seeing as how they don't have kings anymore. Egyptians did not mummify their rulers at any time after the Roman Conquest (over 2000 years ago).
Mostly to hide the bodies from thieves. (When they died they would have their riches with them)
Many ancient civilizations mummified there kings and queens to send them into the after life.
It is called the Valley of the Kings
As gods on earth.
The ancient egyptians build pyramids for the Egyptian pharoahs and kings.
They believed that their kings and queens were gods.
They want to keep their body well. They think they awake again.And they want to awake with their organs
They called them Pharaohs.
So that the Egyptians could bury their dead kings, queens, and nobles in secret tombs where they would not be robbed and could go to the "afterlife".
So that the Egyptians could bury their dead kings, queens, and nobles in secret tombs where they would not be robbed and could go to the "afterlife".