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Welcome to Mummification

Welcome to Mummification. ~Inspired by Mr. Klumper~. Definition of Mummification. Drying out a dead body to prevent it from rotting Some Images for you to enjoy, sort of…. Mummification. Having your body mummified was very EXPENSIVE!!!. Why be Mummified?.

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Welcome to Mummification

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  1. Welcome to Mummification ~Inspired by Mr. Klumper~

  2. Definition of Mummification • Drying out a dead body to prevent it from rotting • Some Images for you to enjoy, sort of…..

  3. Mummification Having your body mummified was very EXPENSIVE!!!

  4. Why be Mummified? • 1. Physical Body need to be preserved • 2. Ensure a Safe Passage to the afterlife • 3. King mummified so the spirit would recognize him in the after life.

  5. Steps 1 & 2 of Mummification • 1. Announcement of Death Messenger Sent out to the streets to announce the dead. • 2. Embalming the Body Dead body brought to special tent for embalming

  6. Step 3 - Removal of the Brain and Internal Organs • Egyptians thought brain was a Waste of space. • Method 1: Remove brain through the nose with a hook • Method 2. Mix up brain with wire and let it drain out through nose

  7. Liver, Lungs, Stomach & Intestines • Method: small slit cut in stomach and organs pulled out. • Organs then placed in Canopic Jars • Cleansing: Body washed with oil, lotion and preserving fluids • Body then stuffed with linen or straw to keep shape of a body

  8. Step 4 – Drying out Process • Method: Body placed on slab and covered with Natron Salt • The slab was on a slant so water could run out. • This lasted 40 Days

  9. Step 5 – Wrapping the Body • Hundreds of Yards of Linen (cloth) • Shroud (cloth) added at end to keep wrappings together • Body covered with “Mummia” to glue everything together.

  10. Step 6 – Final Procession • Family & friends would walk through town on their way to the burial. • People were paid to cry to show the gods the person was well loved • The more people crying, the better. ib205.tripod.com/death/burial-2.jpg

  11. Ritual 1 - Opening of the Mouth • Priests would touch the parts of the face with special instruments. • Purpose: Without this process, dead person would not be able to see, hear, eat, or move in afterlife. • Then laid in burial chamber with: • belongings • canopic jars • Book of the Dead

  12. Ritual 1 - Opening of the Mouth ib205.tripod.com/death/burial-2.jpg

  13. Ritual 2Weighing of the Heart If your heart was…. (weighed against the feather of maat) -Balanced: Immortality-Heart Heavier: horrible fate The Horrible fate was that your heart would be eaten by Ammut (part Lion, Crocodile, and Hippopotamus) • www.crystalinks.com/egyptianjudgment.jpg

  14. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/launch_gms_mummy_maker.shtmlhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/launch_gms_mummy_maker.shtml Now….you try it!

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