Differences Of Mummies And Embalming In Ancient Egypt

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Mummies and Embalming

In Ancient Egypt they believed in life after death. Most people refer to these as mummies. These were a very important part of Egyptian History. The Egyptians believed that there was a long journey to the afterlife and it was better than life on Earth. You might think making a mummy is easy,wrap some bandages around a dead body and you are done.Mummification or embalming was a 10-12 step process that took about 4-5 months . The first step of mummification would be to pull out all of the organs, including SKIN! After this they would let all the organs dry out so they could put them in a jar next to their dead body. Except for the heart they would place it back inside the body after it was dried out. The next step would