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Here are some facts:

  • It is a 70 day process
  • They take the brain out through the nose with a hook.
  • They thought the brain was worthless.
  • They didn't take the heart out as the person would need it in the afterlife when the heart would get weighed.
  • They used salts to dry out the body.
  • They wrapped up the mummy with different amulets that contained spells to help them in the afterlife.
  • Anubis was the god of mummification and a priest would dress up like him during the process.
  • The main organs were put in jars, called canopic jars.
  • The stomach was put in the jackel headed one, which was called Duamutef
  • The liver was put in the jar with human head, which was called Imsety
  • The intestines was put in the jar with the falcon head, which was called Qebebsenuef.
  • The lungs were put in the jar with the ape head, which was called Hapy.
  • The stoppers of the canopic jars took this form from the New Kingdom onwards.
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