Mummification

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Mummification

• By Chantal, Sara, Paula

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Why They Mummified

• The Ancient Egyptians mummified because they
  believed that the dead would need their body in
  the afterlife.
• Also because they loved their life so much that
  they wanted to continue it.

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Who was Mummified

• The Egyptians mummified the Pharaohs and the
  people who could afford it.

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Materials Used

• The materials they used to mummify people was a
  crotchet hook that they used to pull the brain
  and let it come out through the nostrils.
• Embalmers took out the organs and sometimes the
  heart and put them in Canopic jars.

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Canopic Jars

• The organs were placed in canopic jars and were
  sometimes put back in to the body after they
  dried.
• If they dried the Egyptians put the jars in the
  persons tomb.
• The lids of the jars represented gods called
  theFor sons of Horus. The gods protected the
  organs.

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The Process of Mummification

• The mummification process is when the Egyptian
  wrapped the body in linen to go to the afterlife.
• They placed amulets between the layers of
  wrappings for good luck for the underworld.
• If the heart weighed more than a feather the body
  couldnt go to the afterlife but if it weighed
  lighter than a feather it could go to the
  afterlife.

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What the Priest Does

• During the mummification a priest reads a spell
  out loud to help ward off evil spirits and help
  the deceased go to the afterlife.

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How they Mummified

• To mummify a person the Egyptians wrapped the
  persons body in linen. It took about 70 days.
• They were put into natron salt to be dried. After
  it is dried the body is stuffed to be shaped to
  its normal size.
• Next, it would be colored and then ready to be
  wrapped. The wrapping lasted up to 15 days.
• After this was over the mummy was placed in its
  coffin, ready for the afterlife.

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How They were Preserved

• Some mummies were preserved wet, frozen,or dried
  but mostly dried.

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  young again. You live again. Forever.

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• Thank you for watching our slide show about
  Ancient Egypt mummification.

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• The End