How are mummys made?

Answer 1

• The body's organs and flesh were removed through a slit in the abdomen.
• The heart, lungs, stomach,and kidneys were put in jars to be buried with him.
• The entire inside was cleaned out and filled with salt to dry it out. It sat like this for 40 days to soak up any fluid.
• The brain was removed through the nose.
• The salt was removed and replaced with linen strips
• They wrapped the body inn resin soaked strips.
• They started wrapping the body in strips of dry linen
• Between layers of linen,they placed sacred charms.
• They built a covering out of split papyrus stems
• They placed the mummy inside a sarcophagus. The rich could afford solid gold coffins inlaid with precious stones.
• The body was put in a pyramid or other tomb.