Egyptian Mummification Essay

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Ancient Egyptian Mummification Mummification rituals in ancient civilizations are studied today to help people understand more about the world’s past. The ancient Egyptians believed the body was preserved for the afterlife. Mummification is the embalmment and drying of a dead body and wrapping it as a mummy and preserving it by treating it with balsams, drugs, and other chemicals (book of the dead). Important keys to the mummification process are, embalm the body, wrap the body, preparations for the body, and the funeral for the mummified body. The process of mummification begins when the body is taken to the place of purification. The body is rinsed with water from the Nile River and washed with palm oils. A small cut is made on the left side of the body, from which the internal organs are then removed. The heart is left inside the chest. The liver, lungs, stomach, and intestines are then dried out. A long hook is put in through the nose and crushes the brain and then goes to remove the brain through the nose. The body is stuffed and covered with matron to dry it out and is left for 40 days. After 40 days pass the body is washed with water from the Nile then covered with oils to keep the skins elasticity. The body is then stuffed with a dry material like saw dust or grass to make it look life-like. The organs are put in jars decorated with a fake god. The liver is put in a jar with Imsety the human headed god who was said to believe to be the protector of livers. Duamutef the jackal headed god was said to protect the stomach and the falcon headed god, Qebehsenuef was said to protect, the intestines. Hapy the baboon headed god was said to protect the
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