Mummies!

• when a person dies, people try to preserve the person body by mummifying them.
• It was a very long and extensive process that took 70 days
• First they wash the body in the river.
• next they remove the deceased person inner organs.  They tried them out and wrapped them  they put the intestines in a jar with the head of a falcon.  they put the stomach in a jar with the head of a jackal(dog), they put the lungs in a jar with the head of a baboon, and they put the liver in a jar with the head of a human.
• They used a hook to take they brain out but the Egyptians found the brain to be unimportant so they just through it away.
• Next, they put the body on a table and let it try out for 40 days.
• The head and body were stuffed with packing.
• The mummy was then prepared for bandaging.
• wrapped without twenty layers.
• while they were wrapping they put gold and nice things in it.
• the mummy was ready for the funeral
• Pharaohs had the nicest funerals.
• The jars were transported to the tomb by a sleigh (with Santa!)
• people were hired to show their grief by crying and throwing dust in their hair.  
• religious ceremonies were held to bring the dead person to afterlife.
• the opening of the mouth ceremony is said to allow the person to see, hear, eat, and drink in the afterlife.
• Most of the mummies were destroyed by grave robbers.
• mummification is so well done you may be able to see what they look like.
• They believe mummification insured a safe passage to new life.