Aincient Egypt A by briannapeele2012

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Aincient Egypt A

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ANCIENT EGYPT

BY BRIANNA PEELE

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Location

Egypt is situated in the Nile Valley, in the north east of Africa. By 3000 BC, the unified kingdom of Egypt occupied the entire Nile Valley north of a series of rapids called the 1st Cataract. At its greatest extent, in c. 1250 BC, Ancient Egypt occupied the land in all directions from the Syrian coast in the north, to the Red Sea in the east, down the Nile Valley to Nubia in the south, and spreading west inland into the Lybian Desert.

Mummification
First, his body is taken to the tent known as 'place of purification'. There the embalmers wash his body with good-smelling palm wine and rinse it with water from the Nile.One of the embalmer's men makes a cut in the left side of the body and removes many of the internal organs. It is important to remove these because they are the first part of the body to decompose.The heart is not taken out of the body because it is the centre of intelligence and feeling and the man will need it in the afterlife but all the other organs are taken out of the body A long hook is used to smash the brain and pull it out through the nose. The body is now covered and stuffed with natron which will dry it out. All of the fluids, and rags from the embalming process will be saved and buried along with the body.After 40 days the body is washed again with water from the Nile. Then it is covered with oils to help the skin stay elastic.The internal organs are wrapped in linen and returned to the body. The body is stuffed with dry materials such as sawdust, leaves and linen so that it looks lifelike. Finally the body is covered again with good-smelling oils. It is now ready to be wrapped in linen.

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