A mummy is a preserved body that has been prepared for thousands of years. The ancient Egyptians believed that their bodies had to be preserved as they were in life and that the dead lived on in the next world. They also thought that the person would use the body in the next world, so they spent much effort into developing methods of embalming. The process was simple when mummifying started, and gradually became more elaborate. Ancient texts say that the whole and complete treatment took seventy days. Embalmers removed the person’s brain through their nostrils, using a hook. The way a surgeon does, they removed the internal organs except for the heart and the kidney and they filled the empty abdomen with linen pads or sawdust. The coffins which the mummies were laid in were made of either stone or wood; they were shaped like the body, or rectangular. With the mummy inside of it, the coffin would be placed in the tomb with many objects they used in life. The Egyptians believed that the person would need objects they used in everyday life with them to go to the next world.
What is a Mummy?
