Today’s class was not as exciting
as yesterday’s. All we did today was go
over the power point and take notes. I did
find out that we have a quiz tomorrow though.
After we finished the power point, we watched a video on
mummification. It showed us the steps
for mummifying somebody. It is kind of
like embalming that we do now. First, they
take the organs out of the body.
Normally the heart is left inside.
Then, they cover the body in salt for at least 40 days. Then, they wrap the body in cloth. After the first or second layer of cloth, they
put a pouch on the chest and finish wrapping the body. The purpose of mummification is to preserve
the body for the afterlife. Only
important people got turned into mummies because Egyptians believed that only
important people would need their body in the afterlife.
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