Mummies Made in Egypt, Volume 36Aliki describes and illustrates the techniques and the reasons for the use of mummification in ancient Egypt. |
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able to recognize amulets ancient Egyptians Anubis became boat body built bundles of natron BURIAL CHAMBER called canopic jar Carpenters prepare carved and painted ceremonies chemical chest coffin was covered corpse was buried covered with natron dead person decay died dried EGYPT Egyptians believed elaborate embalming cut Eye of Horus FALSE DOOR funeral procession gods and goddesses gold inner coffin inner organs inside intestines ISIS king layer of binding leftover lifetime linen live forever liver lungs Magic spells mastabas mourners left mummies were buried mummified MUMMIFORM COFFINS mummy at night mummy was put mummy-shaped mummy's NEST Nile River nostrils Osiris pharaohs plaster portrait mask precious stones preserved Priests Protective Eye pyramid ramp removed resin resting place royal tomb sand sarcophagus SCARAB servants sewn shabtis shaft shroud stomach storage chambers stuffed Symbol temple took twenty layers UDJAT underground tomb Underworld wrapped written and illustrated