Mummy

steps are. Don’t go away more details flying your way. Their are some gruesome steps of mummification. The first nasty step is a person called the embalmer they would have to take out “ lungs, liver, stomach, and intestines”. According to “Mummies” it stated they’ed just make a good slash on the left side of the dead persons abdomen reach in and pull.” Pretty gruesome right? The heart was left in the body. “This is because the Egyptians believed that when the person reached the…

all the necessities a soul would need to enter the afterlife. Finally, the importance of getting into the afterlife caused a growth in the methods of mummification. Mummification was practiced throughout most of early Egyptian history. The ancient mummies from prehistoric times were entirely accidental. Because of the dry Egyptian sand and air, bodies were preserved when buried in shallow pits dug into the sand.…

many of their most iconic movies since their beginning in 1912. One of those movies is the 1932 Horror Film “The Mummy” starring one of the greatest actors of all time, Boris Karloff. It even won an academy award for best film in science fiction, horror, and suspense. Due to its success, a remake was bound to happen. In 1999 universal studios did not disappoint when it released “The Mummy” starring Brendan Fraser and Arnold Vosloo as Imhotep. Compared to the older film it was stylistic,…

The importance of Egyptian religious beliefs associated with the privileged lives of the Deir el-medina’s is further acknowledged through the illustrations and the valuable artefacts found in workers tombs. Throughout the history of the place more than the kings, the villager’s role and their tombs have been the predominant focus throughout time. One of the major archaeological discoveries in the village is the Kha and Meryt tomb, which was found in 1906 by Ernesto Schiaparelli. This fascinating…

The early Egyptian were very much concerned with the afterlife so they invented mummification in which ones body was preserved for the afterlife. They thought that the body should be in its original state and recognizable for one afterlife as they body should be possessed again by the soul of the departed. A proper procedure was introduce for preserving the bodies consisting of two steps embalming and wrapping. In “Embalming” the body was washed with the water of the Nile and a good smelling…

advancements from studying mummies, or preserved bodies, play a significant role in our knowledge of history. Mummies give us a better insight to the cultures, traditions, and beliefs of ancient civilizations. Many people believe that mummies only derive from Egypt, but they actually come from countries all around the world, such as Europe, South America, Africa, and the South Pacific. Scientific advancements have allowed archaeologists to safely study and conduct experiments on mummies without…

I’ve got to be quiet. Mummy said to stay in here, not to make a noise. He might not know I’m here. I’m to be brave. I don’t know how. I want to cry but that will be noisy. It’s dark. I don’t like the dark. The monsters are only meant to come out in the dark. Which is worse, the monster in here or that one out there? If I roll up in a ball, make myself smaller he might not see me if he opens the door. If I move to the back behind the hanging clothes I could disappear. He won’t see me then. I…

First I’ll give you an introduction to the book of the dead. The book of the dead is a book that contains tons of magic spells that are meant to help a dead person through Duat (The Underworld) and then into the underworld. The Book of the Dead was part of funeral traditions, it includes the Pyramid Texts and the Coffin Texts. The earlier ones were painted on objects, not papyrus. Now I’ll take you on a journey through the book’s timeline. We start at 2,670 BCE, when the concepts that the book…

Canopic Jars 1.2.17 A Canopic Jar is part of the ancient Egyptian Mummification ritual, which was the process of preserving the vital body parts (heart, intestine, lungs and stomach.) The ancient Egyptians believed that by preserving a persons organs and body, you would therefore preserve their spirit. The organs are wrapped in resin soaked linen to help preserve them, The Jars are then placed in special places around a tomb, usually within Canopic chests (chests that contain more than one…

Eva Perón's Mummy Was Mistreated During Many Argentinian Dictatorships One of the biggest political figures in Argentina died at the age of 33 because of uterine cancer. Being so popular at the time of her death, her husband stablished a 30 days national duel and allowed the corpse to by embalmed and exposed at the General Confederation of Labor. Being embalmed as a mummy it's pretty strange but that's not it. Three years later a group of marine commandos lead by Colonel Eugenio de Moori Koenig…