The Egyptian Mummies

The Egyptian Mummies

Learn about The Egyptian Mummies and Mummification of Ancient Egypt and ancient Egypt mummy facts and secrets and find out how and why the ancient Egyptians made their mummies. Learn also about the story of the Mummy Curse of King Tutankhamun with amazing facts about the Mummies of the ancient pharaohs. Also, know about what happened to The Egyptian Mummies in the modern time Modern medicine meets ancient Egyptian mummies CT Scans & Examinations gave us a lot of amazing secrets and facts. In your Egypt Travel Packages you can discover and kow more informations.

Why the ancient Egyptians made their Mummies?

The ancient Egyptians believed in life after death which means when a person died they made a voyage to the underworld. They believed that in order to live in the next world their body had to be preserved. A preserved body is called a Mummy. After death, a body begins to decompose. In order to prevent and protect a body from decomposing it is necessary to deprive the tissues of moisture and oxygen. The earliest Egyptians buried their dead in shallow pits in the desert. The hot, dry sand quickly removed moisture from the dead body and created a natural mummy Cairo Tours Help you to Know more. However, the Egyptians discovered that if the body was first placed in a coffin, it would not be preserved. In order to ensure that the body was well preserved the Ancient Egyptians invented a process called mummification. This involved embalming the body and then wrapping it in thin strips of linen.

How the ancient Egyptians made the Mummies?

In your Egypt tours you can know that the Egyptian Mummies were made by a process called mummification this process took around 70 days or 7 weeks the week was 10 days in Egypt and the steps of the mummification process was as follows:

1-The body was washed in the water of the sacred River Nile by the priests.

2- A cut was made on the left side of the abdomen and the internal organs – liver, intestines, lungs, stomach, were removed from the body only the heart, which the Ancient Egyptians believed to be the center of intelligence and emotions, was left in the body for use in the afterlife judgment that will decide the destiny of the dead pharaoh

3-A hooked instrument was used to remove the brain through the nose. The brain was not considered to be important and was thrown away.

4- The body and the internal organs were packed with Natron salt for forty days to remove all moisture and kill the Bacteria and keep the body from decomposing.

5. The dried organs were wrapped in linen and placed in Canopic jars. The lid of each jar was shaped to represent one of God Horus’ four sons.

6-The body was cleaned and the dried skin was rubbed with exotic oil taken from the holy flower the Louts flower.

7- The body was packed with sawdust and rags and the open cuts were sealed with wax The body was wrapped in linen bandages. About 20 layers were used and this took 15 to 20 days.

8- A death mask was placed over the bandages looks like the face of the dead person to replace the face in case of any damage happened to the mummy.

9- The bandaged body was placed in a shroud which was secured with linen strips.

10-The body was then placed in a decorated mummy coffin like the Russian doll about 7 coffins each one inside the other.

S T Scan reveals the Secrets of Ancient Egyptian Mummies

Secret lives of ancient Egyptian Pharaohs were revealed Thanks to CT scanning and 3-D printing. and other different techniques now scientists and artists know how the ancient Egyptian lived and what they ate what is the cause of their death, One of the amazing results of the Egyptian mummies scan that we found some mummies with Tattoos, and some dental bridges also we discovered that the dental decay was a serious problem in ancient.