MUMMIES

OF ANCIENT EGYPT

Aja Nichols, Ellie Kandrach, Jason Fields, and Lincoln Keesecker

A slit was cut in the body’s left A slit was cut in the body’s left side to remove the organs side to remove the organs

The brain was pulled out through The brain was pulled out through the nose and thrown away.the nose and thrown away.

The organs were soaked in The organs were soaked in Natron and embalmed Natron and embalmed

separatelyseparately

The intestines, stomach, lungs and liver were The intestines, stomach, lungs and liver were protected by the Heads of a falcon, a protected by the Heads of a falcon, a

jackal, a baboon and a human.jackal, a baboon and a human.

Anubis was the Anubis was the God of God of

MummificationMummificationThe sons of Horus protected the organs. The sons of Horus protected the organs.

REMOVING THE ORGANSREMOVING THE ORGANS

Natron is a white, crystalline, Natron is a white, crystalline, mineral salt.mineral salt.

The slit was sewn up and covered The slit was sewn up and covered with the protective eye of Horus.with the protective eye of Horus.

NATRON AND RESINNATRON AND RESIN

The Natron was removed after The Natron was removed after 40 days.40 days.

The Egyptians soaked the The Egyptians soaked the dead in it to shrink and dry dead in it to shrink and dry the body so it didn’t decay.the body so it didn’t decay.

Resin is a thick fluid, or a Resin is a thick fluid, or a hard, non-crystalline solid hard, non-crystalline solid

used to apply the bandages.used to apply the bandages.

The Bandaging

The bandages were about 20 layers of

linen.The Egyptians used Resin to glue the linen

together.

The fingers and toes were sometimes

wrapped separately.

Gold, Jewels, and Protective Amulets

Before the bandaging the Egyptians

adorned their dead with gold, jewels, and protective amulets.

They also wrote prayers on the

bandages.

If your heart weighed less than the feather than you would go on to the after-

life, but if it didn’t it would be eaten by the part hippo, lion and crocodile called

the Amemet Monster.

The weighing of the heart ceremony was a celebration that told if you could go to

the After-life.

The Egyptians would put your heart on one side of the scale and weigh it to the feather of

truth on the other.

Weighing of the Heart Ceremony

The PrayersThe PrayersThey had priests at the They had priests at the

ceremonies to pray.ceremonies to pray.

They had women called They had women called mourners to sob and mourners to sob and throw dust all over throw dust all over

themselves to show themselves to show their grief and agony.their grief and agony.

“Mummy”“Mummy” comes from the Persian

word Mumai, meaning tar.

The Europeans went over to Egypt and thought the Resin the were

using was tar, so they called them mummies.

Types of MummiesTypes of Mummies

The “poor” mummies only got The “poor” mummies only got soaked with Natron.soaked with Natron.

The “average” mummies were The “average” mummies were bandaged.bandaged.

The “rich” mummies were The “rich” mummies were bandaged AND had either a bandaged AND had either a thin sheet of gold or a solid thin sheet of gold or a solid

gold mask.gold mask.

THE AFTERLIF

EThe Egyptians believed in a life after death.

They thought that if a person died and a body decayed, they wouldn’t go to the after-life.

Pharaoh's had a more magnificent burial to the after-life.

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