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Egyptians believed in the after life so they would mummify bodies to prepare/preserve them for the afterlife. The bodies that were buried in pyramids were usually people of significance, they were buried with jewelry, clothes, money, furniture, and anything else that the Egyptians belived would help that person in the afterlife.

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The mummification process prevents decomposition of dead flesh, and thus preserves the body after death. At least in ancient Egypt, this was done because their religious beliefs were centered on immortality and life after death. To preserve someone's body was to ensure their life after death.

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The body was packed mainly to preserve its shape. Without the organs on the inside, the body cavity would collapse. Packing also helped the drying process.

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Herbs were put into the body after the major organs were removed. The mummification was to preserve the body for the life the person would have in the afterlife.

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What was stuffed into the body and why mummification?

Herbs were put into the body after the major organs were removed. The mummification was to preserve the body for the life the person would have in the afterlife.


What was applied to the body after mummification?

good smelling oils and the body was covered and stuffed with dry materials such as salt, and saw dust.


What was used to stuff the nostrils in mummification?

They stuffed the nostril with bees wax.


How was the Nile river important to the mummification process?

they used the nile water to wash the body after letting it dry for 40 days after being stuffed with natron.


What happens to the soul during mummification?

Nothing happened to the soul during mummification, it was necessary to ensure the body of the deceased did not decompose and mummification was a ritual to prepare the soul for what was ahead in the journey into the Duat to the ancient Egyptian way of mind.


What did the ancient Egyptians used to dry out the body during mummification?

they used salt


What was stuffed up the nostril in mummification?

A sort of long hook that was used to pull out the brain. The ancient Egyptians believed that the human brain served no purpose and was not considered as sacred as the lungs and heart, which were placed in sacred jars during the mummification process.


What is the Egyptian process of preserving a dead body called?

It did not really have a name. It was the mummification process.


Why was the molten resins used in mummification?

Ancient Egyptians would use molten resin to stuff this material in the mummy's body during the process of mummification.


What was made in the mummy's abdomen?

The abdomen of a mummy is stuffed with herbs and other materials that would prevent it from decaying. This also helps preserve the body of a mummy. During the mummification process all of the internal organ including the heart, liver, intestine and other organs of a person to be mummified are removed.


a body perserved by drying?

mummification


Do you use mummification still?

No we not use mummification these days, because in ancient Egyptian they were not careful with the body's. Now they started to put body's coffins.