You Wouldn't Want to be an Egyptian Mummy!: Disgusting Things You'd Rather Not KnowA wealthy ancient Egyptiane about to drop dead. To enter the afterlife, you body must go through extraordinary processes to become a mummy. |
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Adze afterlife Ammut amulet ancient Egypt ancient Egyptian Animal Mummies Anubis bitumen body cavity body is preserved body is washed body once canopic jars Cartonnage chaff coffin completely dried completely wrapped dead body death Duamutef Egyptian mummies embalmed animal embalmed bodies false eyes Famous Mummies feather of truth FINGER AND TOE forty days FRANKINCENSE gods Handy Hint Hapy head heart Horus Ibis bull Imsety INTESTINES linen bandages magical protection MID-RANGE mourners mouth ceremony mummification process natron salt natural salt nefer oils Once the organs organs are removed paint PALM WINE person's life force pharaoh Ramesses place of embalming portrait mask priest Qebehsenuef re-wrapped resin River Nile rubbed Salariya Sarcophagus saved linen scarab Shabtis skin slicer soak in natron solid gold stomach stone stored stuff the body stuffed Tent of purification Thoth three spirits released TOE STALLS Tomb Robbers TOOLS underworld unwrap Wabet weighing-of-the-heart wrapped in linen