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Ancient Egyptian Mummification
• Preservation of the body is an essential part of Ancient Egyptian funerary practice. The Egyptians are prevented from decaying because then “Ka” would go hungry and the afterlife of the deceased would be jeopardized.
THE STEPS FOR MUMMIFICATION
1. The body is taken to the tent. There the embalmers wash his/her body with palm wine and rinsed with water from the Nile.
2. Then one of the embalmer’s men makes a cut in the left side of the body and removes most of the internal organs. Organs are the first part of the body that decompose.
3. The body is then covered and stuffed with natron. The body will dry out then.
4. All fluids and rags from the embalming process will be saved and buried with the body.
5. 40 days later the body is washed again with water from the Nile. Then the body is covered with oils, this keeps the skin elastic-like.
6. After the body is dried, it is sewn back together and the cut is sealed with wax or metal.
7. The body may be filled or stuffed with linens, saw dust, or ash to keep the body firm.
8. The eye socks are filled with linen or fake eyeballs.
9. The body is cleaned and wrapped in a very thick layer of linen.
10. The body is now ready to be transported to the tomb.
11. Before being laid to rest, a burial mask is placed over the mummified body.
12. They are then placed into a sarcophagus. The rich people had nicer decorated sarcophagus’s.
13. The body was then placed into several layers of caskets.
¤ Natron- a natural occurring drying agent in Egypt
¤ Sarcophagus- type of coffin to protect the body
Mummification Pictures
Mummification Process
Mummification Process
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