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 did not really have a name. It was the mummification process.
Mummification is the preservation of the soft tissue of a body by any means, natural or artificial. Embalming is the deliberate preservation of a body for any period of time. This includes what we commonly term "the process of mummification" in Ancient Egypt
put bodies in egyptian jars
A wabet is an Egyptian place where the mummification process "embalming" takes place.
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 is mummification
It did not really have a name. It was the mummification process.
Mummification is the preservation of the soft tissue of a body by any means, natural or artificial. Embalming is the deliberate preservation of a body for any period of time. This includes what we commonly term "the process of mummification" in Ancient Egypt
egyptians
Mummification is the process of preserving a body by removing organs, drying out the flesh, and wrapping it in bandages. This practice was commonly used in ancient Egypt to prepare bodies for the afterlife.
Mummification
put bodies in egyptian jars
The mummification process is not quite complete.
Ancient Egyptian culture is best known for its development of embalming techniques, particularly in the process of mummification. This practice was undertaken to preserve the bodies of the deceased for the afterlife in their belief system.
A wabet is an Egyptian place where the mummification process "embalming" takes place.
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