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MUMMIFICATION steps

Published on Nov 22, 2015

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MUMMIFICATION steps

by: amber farrar and Stephanie schultz 

The first step is: Pull the brains out through nose using a hook.

Second step is: make a cut on the left side of the body near the tummy.

The third step is: removing the internal organs and let internal organs dry.

The fourth step is: place lungs, intestines, stomach and liver inside canopic jar.

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The fith step is: place the heart back into the body

the sixth step is: rinse inside of body with wine and spices

the seventh step is: cover the corpse with natron (salt) for 70 days

the eighth step is: after 40 days stuff the body with linen or sand to give more of a human shape

the nineth step is: after the 70 days wrap the body from head to toe in bandges

the tenth step is: place in a sarcophagus (a type of of box like a coffin)

If the person had been a pharaoh, he would be placed inside his special burial chamber with lots of treasure!

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