Mummies And Embalming
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In Ancient Egypt when a person died his body was embalmed and made into a
mummy. The ancient Egyptians believed that a person's spirit and soul
continued to live after death and that it returned to its tomb to visit.
For this reason it was very important to save the body in as good shape as
possibl ....
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.... into the nose. The arms were crossed and nails were painted
in gold. All king of jewels were put on the mummy. Then it was carefully
wrapped in strips of linen. Twenty layers of linen strips were used.
The head of the mummy was covered with a mask that looked like the person's
face. Then the mask was wrapped and the entire mummy was coated with resin.
Finally the mummy was placed in a series of coffins and painted with all
king of gods, goddesses, and magic spells. This was put in a stone
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