Mummies

The Egyptians were worried that the body would decay really fast, so they started to mummify/preserve the dead. The Egyptians also strongly believed in the afterlife, so they buried their dead with things they believed they might need in the afterlife.

In the Egypts religion, one important aspect of afterlife was being able to come back to Earth and have a body to inhabit. This is because they would come back from the afterlife to impart vital information to their later generations. Hollywood movies blow these mummies out of proportion by making them seem vicious when their sole purpose is to impart information from beyond. The Egypts are the only people who have mummies is because they were to only society that had convinced the Gods to allow them to return to Earth. I hope this helped. The Egypts are my favorite people!

his oldest daughter: Merytaten, second daughter: Meketaten, third daughter: Ankhesenpaaten, his young son: Tutankhamen, his wife: Cleopatra, his wife: Kia

the treatment of a dead body so as to sterilize it or to protect it from decay. For practical as well as theological reasons a well-preserved body has long been a chief mortuary concern. The ancient Greeks, who demanded endurance of their heroes in death as in life, expected the bodies of their dead to last without artificial aid during the days of mourning that preceded the final rites. Other societies, less demanding of their greats, developed a wide variety of preservatives and methods to stave off decay or minimize its effects. Corpses have been pickled in vinegar, wine, and stronger spirits: the body of the British admiral Lord Nelson was returned from Trafalgar to England in a cask of brandy. Even the Greeks sometimes made concessions: the body of Alexander the Great, for example, was returned from Babylon to Macedonia in a container of honey. The application of spices and perfumed unguents to minimize putrefaction was so common a practice that the English word embalming had as its original meaning "to put on balm." Generally, however, the word is used to describe a less superficial procedure, the introduction of agents into the body to ensure preservation.

they use bandages

first u take all the organs but the heart and put them in canopik jars then u remove the brain by puting a wire in and hitting it so hard the bone breaks after that u put in all the organs and put salt all over then after 35-40 days u have to wash the body cover it in linen and put a papyrus scrool in there hand and re cover them in linen then put cloth on them amd cover that in linen then u put it in a sarcophagus paint the sarcophagus like the god osiris and put all there things there for the after life

They were made of catonnage (yes this is how you spell it)

little jars with different heads. the baboon head, the human head, the falcon head, and the jackal head ( the dog)

Usually in Egypt, after the body is mummified, they'd put it in a tomb ( a coffin with a figure of a person or a pharaoh at the front) and would store it in a pyramid. In the tomb, they would also put jewels and special things that the mummified person owned.

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mummification is a process of preserving dead bodies.

Os egípcios colocavam máscaras nas múmias para cumprir várias funções espirituais e simbólicas dentro de suas crenças sobre a vida após a morte. Essas máscaras eram mais do que simples enfeites; elas tinham significados profundos e objetivos específicos.

Usually not.

A sarcophagus (an ancient Greek word meaning "flesh eating limestone") is a funeral receptacle for a corpse. It is most commonly made of stone and oftentimes has carvings on the outside. In most cases it is placed above ground so that the outer ornaments and inscriptions can be seen. Typically, a sarcophagus is larger than a normal casket, for which reason a casket (if it is not too big) can be put in a sarcophagus, but rarely a casket in a sarcophagus. There might be exceptions, though: it might be possible to place a small sarcophagus for a child in a casket for an adult.

If the question isn't meant in the literal sense of the word, one could also point out that there are caskets which - somewhat incorrectly - are called Sarcophagi. In the US for example. the National Casket company of Boston manufactured in the 20th century a cast bronze casket called "Sarcophagus". A somewhat modified new version of this luxury design is currently produced by the York-Matthews company under the type designation "Pharaoh Sarcophagus". These are by far the most expensive caskets available and with some 1200 lbs they also approach the enormous weight of stone sarcophagi.

to store mummies. and so the mummies can go to the after life

The heart they thought it was there source of knowledge and memories.

Mummification shortened into five steps would be the following. Remove and dry, and jar the internal organs, rinse the body in wine, dry it with salt, wrap the body and place in the sarcophagus.

The wrappings of Egyptian mummies were mostly linen.

The deceased's brain was removed, the ancient Egyptians did not know its purpose and simply discarded it.

To prevent bloating, which could damage the mummy's skin, the liver, lungs, stomach and intestines were also removed. As the deceased would still need these in the afterlife, they were wrapped and placed in special jars called Canopic jars.

They are wrapped in hundreds of yards of linen.

Bee wax

They believed it was important because they thought there was an underworld, and they needed their bodies to get to it. If their bodies were just buried to rot, their 'souls' wouldn't have anything to help them get to the underworld.

they wrapped the mummy in some sort of linen cloth

i wouldn't say scary. It depends on how old u are and if you like things like that. To me i am 20 and i love it. Its more of a fun adventures ride then scary. If love the movies you will love the ride but its sort of fun and scary it gives you chills and thrills