Mummy Process In Ancient Egypt

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The Egyptians had a religion that if you put a dead body in a coffin or a sarcophagus, they could go to the afterlife and have everything they need with them. To do this they developed a way that took 70 days.
There was one person that put on a jackal mask to represent one of their gods. That god was known for the mummy process. First: it began with washing and cleansing the lifeless body.
Next you pull the brain out through the nose with a hook and through the brain away. Then you split the left side of the body and they remove the intestines, liver, lungs, and the stomach. These four organs were put in their own canopic jars. The only thing left was the heart, which was kept in the body. This way they could stop the body from decaying

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