The Beautiful House

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The Beautiful House

• Dont let the name fool you, usually the
  Beautiful House was a tent!

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Why make a Mummy?

• Body preserved in a special way.
• Egyptians believed in an afterlife, where they
  would live on forever.
• Believed the body was essential to get into the
  next world.

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Who was made into Mummies?

• When the Egyptians first began to make Mummies,
  the rich and powerful were only made into
  Mummies.
• As the centuries went on, many more people were
  Mummified.

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How to make a Mummy!

• Firstly, the body was washed all over. This was
  so the body could wash away anything impure
  from coming with it into the next life.

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How to make a Mummy!

• Next, the brain was removed. There were a few
  ways to do this, but the most popular one was
  with a hook, out through the nose!

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How to make a Mummy!

• Next, a long cut was made down along the left
  side of the body. Here all of the organs
  (Stomach, lungs, intestines, and liver) are
  removed.
• All these organs were stored in special Canopic
  Jars.
• The Heart is the only organ left in the Mummy.

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How to make a Mummy!

• The body is then left in a large pile of natron
  (A kind of salt) for 40 days. This dried up the
  body, and took away almost all of the moisture.
• This is why Mummies lasted so long.

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How to make a Mummy!

• At this stage, the Mummy doesnt really look like
  how it did in life.
• The skin is softened with oils and make up put
  on.
• To restore the body to the proper shape, the
  embalmers stuff it with rags and sawdust.

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How to make a Mummy!

• At last the Mummy was ready to be wrapped.
• The Mummy was wrapped in about 20 layers of
  linen.
• Finally, the bandages were glued together.

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A Pharaoh Funeral.

• At the Funeral of the Pharaoh, almost the entire
  country attended.
• Gifts, ornaments, clothes, food, flowers,
  perfume, wine, books, thrones, chariots You name
  it, it went in the tomb with the Pharaoh!