Mummification Steps: * Announcement of Death - This first step was to let the people know that someone had died. A messenger was sent out to the streets to announce the death. This allowed people to get themselves ready for mourning period and ceremony.
* Embalming the Body - The second step was taking the body to be embalmed. The embalmers were located in special tents or buildings. These buildings were called embalming workshops, and were maintained by teams of priests. Oftentimes during the embalming, the priests would have to step outside to get away from the horrible smell.
* Removal of Brain - The first part of the body to be removed was the brain. Egyptians did not know the purpose of the brain, so they thought it was a waste of space. To extract the brain, a hook was inserted through the nose. The embalmers pulled out as much as they could, then put it in water to dissolve. Some people think the water was then thrown out, but others think it was taken with the mummy to the burial chamber.
* Removal of Internal Organs -Next to be removed were the internal organs: the liver, the lungs, the stomach, and the intestines. A small slit was made on the left side of the abdomen, then the embalmers reached in and pulled out the organs. Each of the organs was individually mummified, then stored in little coffins called canopic jars. There were four canopic jars, one for each of the organs. These jars were protected by the four sons of Horus. Once the internal organs were removed, the inside of the body was washed out with palm oil, lotions, and preserving fluids. Next the body was stuffed with linen, straw, or other packing material to keep the general shape of the person. Sometimes the embalmers were careless and either stuffed too much or too little. This caused the mummy to look puffy or disfigured.
* Drying Out Process – The body was placed on a slab and covered with either nacron or natron salt. The slab was tilted so that the water would run off into a basin. This removed moisture and prevented rotting. The body was taken outside and let dry for about forty days. After the body was completley dried out, the wrapping of the body began.
* Wrapping of the Body – Wrapping the body was a painstaking process. The body was anointed with oils, and a gold peice with the Eye of Horus was placed over the slit in the abdomen. Hundreds of yards of linen were used to wrap the body, and each toe and finger was
enrichment of magical gods in the life after death. In the early time of the BCE’s Egyptians wanted to preserve the bodies for the dead on the near to the ground desert past the reach of the Nile waters. (Lesko 8) They wanted this to happened incase of any type of natural disaster will happen the person who was mummified will not be in any type of danger from the water that will mess up the body. The process of mummification was very crucial. First, the climate has to be extremely hot, just to enter the…
can spell there names, but it was hard because thye did not have some letters in there alphabet that we had like the sound “sh”. There were about four dead bodies over thousand years old in the museaum wrapped into mummies. One thing I liked was that they had scanned the inside of the mummy without opening or damaging the mummy. They had played that on a TV screen beside it.…
for we never knew what to expect next. As we continued through the almost pitch-black house, ghosts and demons popped out from everywhere. “Calm down. It’s not real, none of this is real,” raced through my mind. Racing thoughts, clammy hands, and body shakes were other symptoms, as I fought the urge to run. Thankfully, the final path was shown, like a beacon of light. I sprinted out never looking back. After a while of trying to catch my breath, I began to laugh. It was definitely the thrill and…
a cut on the left side of the body near the stomach 3.) remove all the internal organs 4.) let all the internal organs dry 5.) place the lungs, intestines, stomach and liver inside canpic jars ( look like urns) 6.) place the heart back inside the body 7.) rinse the inside of the body with wine and spices 8.) cover the corpse with natron (salt) for seventy days 9.) after 40 days stuff the body with linen,sand or materials…
dietary and environmental factors. The CT scans of 22 Egyptian mummies have shown that cardiovascular trouble is not just a modern illness. Imaging specialists, archeologists and mummy experts examined the mummies from the Egyptian National Museum of Antiquities in Cairo looking for evidence of calcification (calcium build-up in the arteries or arterial routes) that could indicate cardiovascular disease. They discovered that nine of the mummies had deposits of calcification and further analysis determined…
mummified to the New Kingdom, in which everyone could be mummified. The entire process of mummification to be completed took 70 days. After a body was delivered to the per nefer, which is where the embalmers conducted their tasks. The first thing that was done was put the deceased on a slanted table. The first thing that needed to be removed was the soft, moist body parts that would cause decay. As the embalmers removed these parts, blood and other bodily fluids came out and went down the table being collected into a bowl…
found were stored in the following parts of the tomb the Antechamber Annex, and then the Burial Chamber and Treasury. The Ancient Egyptians believed in the afterlife. The customs and beliefs of the Ancient Egyptians called for the preservation of the body and extensive provisions for the after-life which were buried with them in the tomb. These treasures were seen as a continuation of the life of the Pharaoh before his death. It was therefore seen as essential that the favourite items belonging to King…
was going to be mummified. The organs were placed in these jars so they could be taken into the afterlife the internal organs had to be removed because they contain a lot of fluid which would ruin the mummification process. The only organ left in the body was the heart because the Egyptians believed it held the spirit, understanding and the senses needed for the judgment day in the underworld. Canopic Jars were made from a variety of materials such as alabaster, bronze, wood and pottery they were…
piece of art and tell you why I believe this piece of art was created. Name and Date of the Piece: The name of the piece I have chosen is; The Coffin of Thothirdes. The Coffin of Thothirdes is dated circa 664-525 B.C.E. This was proven because the Mummy of Thothirdes had undergone carbon-14 dating and that method is used to decide the date of an archaeological piece. Materials and Tools Used: This piece didn’t really have many Materials or Tools used to create it. The Materials and Tools used were…
language such as ‘Mummy be your doctor’, ‘Mummy make me better’, ‘Here’s your medicine’ (sing song voice) and ‘I love you’ (little girl). The language in this is not openly manipulative but the constant repetition of the name of the doll, ‘Mummy make me better’ will ensure the child remembers the name of the product even if they are quite small, and will want it. By casting the little girl as the Mother figure, and using the sing song voice to indicate the little girls role i.e. ‘Mummy make me better’…
