Ancient Egypt: Death Burials

Burial Rituals

• The Ancient Egyptians used Mummification as a burial ritual
• They did this because When family members returned to the tomb to honor their ancestors, they discovered that the bodies had rotted in the comparatively cool air.

Mummification

• A process in which a dead body is preserved for the afterlife.

Steps Of mummification

• 1.Pull brain out of nose using hook
• 2. Make a cut on the left side of the body near the mummy
• 3. Remove all internal organs

steps of mummification

• 4. Let the internal organs dry
• 5.Place the lungs, intestines, stomach and liver inside canopic jars

steps of mummification

• 6. Place the heart back inside the body
• 7.Rinse inside of body with wine and spices

Steps of mummification

• 8.Cover the corpse with natron (salt) for 70 days
• 9. After 40 days stuff the body with linen or sand to give it a more human shape.

Steps of mummification

• 10. After 70 days wrap the body from head to toe in bandages
• 11. Place in Sarcophagus
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example of male or pharaoh's sarcophagus

example of female or handmaiden sarcophagus

website

• http://www.mylearning.org/a-step-by-step-guide-to-egyptian-mummification/p-...
• http://www.egyptianmuseum.org/burialpracticegallery
• https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/mummification

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