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Mummies
A mummy is the body of a person (or an animal) that has been preserved after death. Their organs (apart from the heart) are removed and placed in canopic jars. The bodies then go through a 70-day process before being wrapped in linen bandages.
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Why would ancient Egyptians mummify their pets and animals?
The ancient Egyptians mummified their pets and animals because they wanted them to go to the afterlife with them.
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Can the body flake after embalming?
Potentially, yes. Ancient mummies are extremely dry and brittle, so bits of them can fall off or flake off when they're handled. Modern embalmed corpses generally aren't actually mummified; embalming fluids just keep them looking nice long enough for the funeral, and then the fluids wear off and normal decomposition sets in.
Modern embalming generally uses formaldehyde or glutaraldehyde to crosslink the proteins in the flesh. The molecules of both the aldehyde and the protein lose atoms during this process - 2 hydrogen atoms and 1 oxygen atom. These combine to form H2O - water. The major byproduct of embalming is WATER. This water is expelled and the body becomes, technically, dehydrated. The skin can become dry and flake. However, a poorly embalmed body is more likely to dry and flake than a well embalmed body. If the person had flaky skin to begin with it is likely to continue.
Do the Egyptians still used caponic jars now?
No. Modern Egyptians follow the Islamic custom of burial
What were the jobs of the Mummifiers?
The ancient Egyptians believed that a mew life started after death for this resin they mummified the dead.the mummifiers would take out all of the intestines liver lungs and stomach. And a priest in chargecof reading out preus would were the mask of Anubis. Hope that helps x
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Harkhuf was an important enough figure to have had a tomb built at Qubbet el-Haw, on the west bank of the Nile. It still is standing at Aswan, near the First Cataract.
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What are mummies wrapped in and how are they made?
They are wrapped in linen; wrapped with over 40 yards of them.
They dry out the body with a natural salt called natron, then they freaking take the guts out (they leave the heart in) and yank out the brain through the nostrils with a long hook, bit by bit. Then the embalmers flushed out the skull and as they waited for the water to drain, they sewed the holes back together. Next, the embalmers rubbed the body with spices and oils to restore the body's softness. Finally, they start wrapping.
The wrapping can take as long as 40 days to finish wrapping.
What is the history and process of mummification?
Bob say NO!!!!In the Egyptian culture, it was mainly the pharaoh, his family, and the rich that got mummified. It was a long process meant to preserve the body because it was believed that whatever material goods one had were taken to the afterlife with them.
For mummification, the body was cleansed and certain organs were pulled out. The brain, stomach, liver, intestines, and lungs were taken out, and all put in something called canopic jars, except for the heart. For some reason, it was not thought that the heart were important.
The body was then embalmed , an enzyme that was also used as a drying agent. It purified the body and made it shrivel, in a way. The body was salted, and wrapped in linen.
Mummification has proven successful, even until now. Look at the ones we've found so far.What What did you do you read it all this site ent a acuarite site
REAL AWNSER- Bob was pretty clear but he missed very important details. such as the brain WAS taken out. by breaking the nose and pulling it out bit by bit with a crooked instrament. the heart was kept in the body it was thought to be important to enter the afterlife. the salt used to dry out the body was no ordanary salt. It is called natron. the body was cleansed with wine and then buried in a very dry part of the dessert.. particularyly NOT the Nile Valley. and that's about it.
What was poured over a finished mummy?
salt and pepper then the Aztecs ate them at an ancient ritual in Brazil
How did they do to dead bodies because of his belief?
The belief of the died bodies were that each person had an after life in after life they had goods they provided and put in when the were in the process of mummification .Mummification has 6 steps
1)Remove all the moisture from the died body
2)Remove all internal organs
3)internal organs are washed and placed in a canopic jar
4)Body is filled with and covered with natron
5)After 35 days body is wrapped in linen
6)Death mask is placed on the mummified
Why did Egyptians preserve the bodies of their pharaohs?
for a pharoahs tomb so they can do something with it
What did they cover the mummies with to dry it out?
They covered it with natron salt, melted resin, tree sap, and spices.
Who guarded the 4 canopic jars?
Each canopic jar guarded a different organ.
1. Imsety had a human head, protected the liver.
2. Qebehsenuf had the head of a falcon and guarded the intestines.
3. Hapy had a baboon head protected the lungs.
4. Duamatef had the head of a jackal, and guarded the stomach.
The four canopic jars were put into a special chest which went into the tomb with the mummy.
Why did the Egyptians stop mummification?
no dummie mummification stop because ancaint people became christans so they stop doing that
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What needed to be done in order for pharaohs to go to the afterlife and remain there?
They needed to put their remains in small vases so that they could retreive them in the afterlife plus they had to bury their belongings with them including the servants so that they would have someone to attend to them in the other life.
