MUMMIFICATION

FIRST STEPS

FIRST STEPS

• Body is taken to a tent called, "ibu" or "place of purification
• The body is washed with water
• Than, the organs are removed
• The organs are packed up to dry
• The heart is NEVER taken out

MUMMIFICATION PROCESS

MUMMIFICATION PROCESS

• The embalmers would put there insides in Canopic Jars.
• The embalmers would drain out all of the fluids out of the body. It was called shrinking the body.
• Oils were used to make the dead body smell good.
• Linen was used to wrap the body.
• The embalermers would tie the arms together and the legs together.

THIS IS THE LINEN FABRIC USED TO WRAP THE MUMMIES

EMBALMERS

EMBALMERS

• The embalmers would place an amulet to protect the body.
• They would take a hook there the nose to take out the brain.
• The priest would read spells during the process
• Decorating the mummy was important to the religion.
• Only the pharoahs were buried in pyramids

THIS IS AN AMULET

THIS IS A HOOK USED TO MASH THE BRAIN AND THAN PULL IT OUT OF THE NOSE

PYRAMIDS

• The pyramids were dedicated to certain pharoahs
• There were things in the pyramid meant to help them in the afterlife
• There would be traps so the mummy wouldn't be hurt
• There would be hieroglyphics explaining the pharaohs life
• There was a kings chamber and queens chamber

THIS IS A PYRAMID AND A CAMEL RIDER