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Egyptian Mummies

When a person dies their body decays. Skin and flesh and as time goes on only a skeleton is left. A mummy is the body of a person or an animal that has been by wrapping cloth or other material around it.

The ancient Egyptians mummified their dead for many . They believed that they had to preserve the body for life after death. The soul of the dead would be with its body in the afterlife. At first, they started dead people in hot sand. Later, they built special tombs. Egyptians wanted their relatives to feel after death.

Bodies were in cloth to stop bacteria and other substances from getting to them. Embalmers dehydrated bodies and all liquids in them. A substance called natron was used to cover the bodies. It extracted moisture from the skin and flesh. organs, including the brain, were removed; the heart was usually left in the body. Mummies often received a face .

Mummies were then put into coffins, made of wood or stone. Relatives them and buried them under ground. The extracted organs were put into jars and next to the mummies. Sometimes animals were also mummified and put next to their owners.

Poor people did not have the money for such procedures. Mummifying pharaohs and noblemen, on the other hand, proved to be a special and job. In ancient Egypt, it took up to 70 days to finish a mummy.