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    A mummy is a body that has been wrapped after death, which the Egyptians did as part of their burial rituals. They believed the soul left the body at death but would return, so they developed an expensive mummification process to preserve the body. Organs were removed and stored in canopic jars or rewrapped in the body. The brain was removed through the nose. The body was then wrapped in linen with amulets placed between layers for protection in the afterlife. The wrapped body was placed in a series of wooden coffins for burial.

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    A mummy is a body that has been wrapped after death, which the Egyptians did as part of their burial rituals. They believed the soul left the body at death but would return, so they developed an expensive mummification process to preserve the body. Organs were removed and stored in canopic jars or rewrapped in the body. The brain was removed through the nose. The body was then wrapped in linen with amulets placed between layers for protection in the afterlife. The wrapped body was placed in a series of wooden coffins for burial.

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    A mummy is a body that has been wrapped after death, which the Egyptians did as part of their burial rituals. They believed the soul left the body at death but would return, so they developed an expensive mummification process to preserve the body. Organs were removed and stored in canopic jars or rewrapped in the body. The brain was removed through the nose. The body was then wrapped in linen with amulets placed between layers for protection in the afterlife. The wrapped body was placed in a series of wooden coffins for burial.

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    A mummy is a body that has been wrapped after death, which the Egyptians did as part of their burial rituals. They believed the soul left the body at death but would return, so they developed an expensive mummification process to preserve the body. Organs were removed and stored in canopic jars or rewrapped in the body. The brain was removed through the nose. The body was then wrapped in linen with amulets placed between layers for protection in the afterlife. The wrapped body was placed in a series of wooden coffins for burial.

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    What is a Mummy?

    A mummy is a body that has been wrapped after death, it could be a


    human or an animal.
    Why did the Egyptians wrap bodies?
    The Egyptians believed that when they died their soul left their bodies.
    After they were buried their soul would return and together with the body
    would live forever in the afterlife when the world had ended.

    Did all Egyptians wrap bodies?


    Not everyone could afford to, it was a very expensive process that took
    around 70 days to complete.
    Organs
    The liver, lungs, intestines and stomach were washed, dried and either
    wrapped in cloth to place in the body later or stored in canopic jars.

    The heart, responsible for intelligence and emotion, was left in the body as
    it was needed in the afterlife.
    Canopic Jars
    The canopic jars had four different heads representing the four
    sons of Horus.

    Hapi Imsety Duamutee Qebehsenuef


    Baboon headed Huma headed Jackal headed Falcon headed God.
    God. Looked after God. Looked God. Looked Looked after
    the lungs. after the liver. after the stomach. the intestines.
    The Brain
    The brain wasn’t thought to be important! A long hook was pushed up
    through the nose to smash the brain to pieces, then either pull it out or lift
    the body so the liquefied brain would drain out through the nose.
    This prevented them having to damage the head or the skull.
    Wrapping

    The head and neck would be wrapped first, then the fingers and toes
    wrapped individually.
    The arms and legs were wrapped separately.
    Between the layers of linen they would place amulets, which would protect
    the dead person in the afterlife.
    As well as amulets, inscribed pieces of papyrus were placed between the
    layers. Words from the book of the dead were placed between the hands.
    Amulets
    The isis knot or tyet would be
    placed at the neck to protect
    the body.

    The heart amulet was placed


    over the heart to protect it.

    The scarab was placed over


    the upper abdomen. It was a
    dung beetle which represented
    rebirth and the rising and
    setting of the sun.

    The Udjat or Eye of Horus was


    placed on the abdomen, over the
    cut to remove the organs. It was
    a symbol of good health that
    was shaped like the eye of the
    falcon God Horus.
    Mummia
    Mummia, a tar like paste, was used to ‘glue’ the wraps of linen together.
    This is where the term ‘mummy’ came from.

    A final piece of linen, the shroud, was placed over the body.
    Egyptian Coffins

    A death mask, that looked like the person when they


    were alive, was made and put on top of the mummy so
    that their soul could find them.

    The mummy is put in a wooden coffin. This wooden


    coffin might be put into another wooden coffin. Perhaps
    even another wooden coffin.

    These coffins would be elaborately decorated. The first


    coffin might be shaped and painted like a body. The box
    shaped outer coffin might have eyes painted on it so the
    person could see, a false door on the inside so the
    person could step out, and hieroglyphics on the outside.

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