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The reason the heart wasn't removed from the corpse was because ancient Egyptians thought that the person would need the heart in the afterlife.
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∙ 13y agoif the bodies of the mummified bodies weighed more than a feather there soul may be devoured by god. that was an honour
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∙ 6y agohey left only the heart in place, believing it to be the center of a person's being and intelligence.
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Their heart wasnt removed because they had very pure hearts or the family was very rich. This all was for the after life.
In Egypt why wasnt the heart removed?
because it was considered the wisdom of the person
Why isn't the heart removed in the corpse?
Because the Egyptians thought it had to be kept to use in the after life!
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it was left because it was believed to be the souls "home" and do what we know what the brain does
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The heart actually was taken out. But then after it had been mummified it would be put back into place. The ancient Egyptians thought that the soul lived in the heart, so without it in place the soul was incomplete and therefore would not be able to move on to the afterlife.
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Yes, it can be removed but then the Ba wont get in the body because the heart is necessary in the mummification.
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