they left the heart in so they could be judged.
they left the heart in so they could be judged.
they would place it in a sarcophagus with the mummys belonging
Oh honey, the Egyptians didn't remove the heart during mummification because they believed it was the center of a person's being, not just a blood-pumping machine. They wanted to keep that bad boy intact for the afterlife journey. Plus, who wants to deal with a squishy heart when you're trying to preserve a body for eternity? Not the Egyptians, that's for sure.
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That process was called mummification. Not only was it practiced by the Egyptians, it was practiced by the Mayans, the Turks, and even the Chinese!
they left the heart in so they could be judged.
In ancient Egypt, the organs were removed from the body for the process of mummification. The beliefs of the ancient Egyptians were that the physical body went on a journey to the after life, and the internal organs were a hindrance to that journey.
Mummification
they would place it in a sarcophagus with the mummys belonging
The mummification process is not quite complete.
they put them on a boat an went to the underworld
Oh honey, the Egyptians didn't remove the heart during mummification because they believed it was the center of a person's being, not just a blood-pumping machine. They wanted to keep that bad boy intact for the afterlife journey. Plus, who wants to deal with a squishy heart when you're trying to preserve a body for eternity? Not the Egyptians, that's for sure.
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That process was called mummification. Not only was it practiced by the Egyptians, it was practiced by the Mayans, the Turks, and even the Chinese!
It was salt to the ancient Egyptians. They used it to fill dead bodies in the mummification process to absorb moisture. By the way...the mummification process took 70 days to complete.
Ancient Egyptians would use molten resin to stuff this material in the mummy's body during the process of mummification.
The substance was bee's wax.