Mummification is the process, whether deliberate or on accident, of the long term preservation of a dead body. The term mummification implies a high degree of preservation, as opposed to the short term preservation methods generally used today.
In the ancient Egyptian mummification process, the brain was removed through a process called "excerebration." A long hook-like tool was inserted through the nostrils to break up the tissues of the brain, which was then extracted in pieces. The brain was discarded as it was believed to hold no significance in the afterlife.
A preserved dead body is one that has been treated to prevent decomposition. This can be achieved through processes such as embalming, mummification, or cryonics. Preserving a body allows for it to be displayed for viewing or kept intact for scientific or religious purposes.
A canopic jar is a type of container used by the ancient Egyptians during the mummification process to store and protect the internal organs of the deceased. Each jar was typically associated with one of the four sons of Horus, who were believed to protect the organs: Imsety, Hapy, Duamutef, and Qebehsenuef.
it will look decayed,there will be just bones, and it will have a bad odor. Actually, when a person dies they are taken to either a funeral home for embalming or to a coroner's office for autopsy. After the person arrives they are then emptied of all bodily fluids, organs and their brain is taken out and weighed. If an autopsy has been done all of this is pretty much done when the funeral home gets them. All that is done then is to force embalming fluid into the veins. This is a preservative that allows the body to lay "in state" while the funeral takes place. Actually, when the casket is lowered into the grave, it goes into a vault that is cement and is sealed. This keeps most bugs and animals from entering the casket. Most deceased bodies are pretty much in-tact with hair, nails, skin and even facial hair after 10,20, 30 years. Embalming and the removal of organs and blood help to create a modern mummification. Chances are that your loved one would look thinner and darker than they did at burial but pretty much the same. Fat cells would have melted away and some decay would have taken place but overall the facial area would be in-tact. In cases of diseased bodies, that might not be the case. Cancer, and some influenza, and bacterial infections can eat away at body tissue. If you were to roll that person over and look at their underside, it would be most likely the place of most decay. Gravity forces any decaying to take place where the body is touching any surface.
It did not really have a name. It was the mummification process.
"MUMMIFICATION"
Mummification is the real name for it.
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How Are Mummification And Taxidermy Alike
The mummification process is not quite complete.
Mummification took 70 days in total.
The word 'mummification' is a noun, a word for a process; a word for a thing.
Mummification was located in Ancient Egypt abpout 5,000 years ago.
Egypt
It all started out when ancient egyptians believed in a god by the name of Anubis who was a mummification god. they worshiped him for many years until he died. but they still do mummification.
The primary source for mummification is actual mummies and text references to how it was done at that time such as The Book of the Dead.http://www.spurlock.illinois.edu/exhibits/online/mummification/sources.html