Research: Mummies
Why are mummies organs taken out?
Egyptians took out organs of mummies because they said the mummies ‘weighed’. They didn’t really know much about brains so they used a hook to get it out because they thought it was a waste of space in the head. The brain was the only organ they took out through the nose. The heart was the only organ that was left in the body. They left the heart because they thought it was the centre of thought and intelligence. Once they took out all the organs they would put all of them inside a mini coffin and then place the mini coffin inside the mummy’s coffin.
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Why did Egyptians wrap mummies in linen?
They wrapped the mummies in linen because it was part of the process of mummification and because it helped preserve the body for decades. Egyptians believed that you couldn’t go to the afterlife without a body so that is why they preserved the body. Preserving the body wasn’t the only reason why they used linen cloth to wrap the body, they also used it to keep treasures to protect the body from evil spirits.
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Did the Egyptians use ointments in the process of mummification?
Yes they did. They did this because it was a religious tradition in the ancient times. They did this because it was the ending of embalming and the beginning of wrapping.
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Is it only Pharaohs that are mummified?
No. Mummification wasn’t only for Pharaohs, they were for a class of people like the royal class, the elite class and the middle class. The classes lower than those were not mummified.
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When did mummification stop?
Mummification stopped in around the 4th century A.D.
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http://www.humanities360.com/index.php/who-was-mummified-in-ancient-egypt-48070/
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