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    stomach, and intestines are washed and packed in natron which dries them out. A long hook smashes the brain and takes it out through the nose. The body is stuffed up and covered up with Natron which dries up the body. All of the body’s fluids and the embalming process rags are saved and buried with the body. After forty days, the body is put in the Nile water again to wash the body off. In order for the skin to stay elastic, they put oils on the body. The dried up organs are wrapped up and put…

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    “Chédiak-Higashi syndrome is an autosomal recessive immunodeficiency disorder characterized by abnormal intracellular protein transport,” (Nowicki ,“Chediak-Higashi Syndrome,” para.2). It is caused by mutations of the LYST gene which is also known as the CHS1 gene. This gene makes “a protein known as the lysosomal trafficking regulator,” (Genetics Home Reference, January 2014). They cause the lysosome to enlarge which ultimately causes problems with normal cell function. “Patients with…

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    Egyptian Mummification

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    When people hear Egypt, their mind is automatically drawn to the tombs, pyramids, gold, and mummies. No one really thinks about the origins or ways that these most known aspects of Egypt came around. For example, everyone knows of mummification. Priests embalm the body, take out the organs needed for the afterlife, wrap the body in linen, place protective amulets on the body, and then place the body in a tomb with all kinds of goods just to be looted or found later. Nobody considers how these…

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    The role and responsibilities of a funeral director has evolved over the years from someone who prepared the deceased for burial to the modern funeral directors of today, who perform many other duties to help the family through their difficult time of loss. Funeral and memorial service duties that were once handled by friends, family or clergy quite often become the director's responsibility. A funeral director oversees every detail in the planning and preparation of a funeral. They will make…

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    Pre-Planning Funerals

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    Services such as body pick up, cremation, embalming, vaults, caskets and coffin options, visitations, viewings, as well as funeral and memorial services. Pre-planning ensures that all of the details will be taken care of ahead of time. Many final needs providers are able to offer pre-plan options…

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    Anubis Research Paper

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    the most important and recognisable ancient egyptian gods. Anubis is a very ancient god, whose name appears in ancient mastabas as a defender of the departed. At first he was a god of the underworld but later became a god of funeral rites and the embalming process. Anubis is not is actual name but anpu is. Anubis is just a greek version of his name. 2. a. All internal organs were removed with the exception of the heart. Next the body was covered in salt and left for about 40 days, until all…

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    King Tut In Ancient Egypt

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    caskets. With all these treasures, King Tut’s tomb managed to be sealed for 3, 245 years! When Howard Carter and his team set up an autopsy for the boy king. They delicately removed the linen on the pharaoh. Mummies were wrapped in special linen for embalming.…

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    People have a deep interest in bodies, both living and deceased. Throughout society, there are examples of what the good-looking, healthy, and all over ideal body is, with a billion-dollar industry behind it. There is also an enormous industry behind bodies of the deceased: specialists such as doctors, pathologists, and morticians work with corpses on nearly a daily basis. However, interest in dead bodies has grown astonishingly in the past few decades for a variety of reasons. The idea of the…

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    doctors that could justify the reasons for death considering there were no medical backgrounds for any decedent. The Medical Examiner would have to sign or the jurisdiction of the coroner. There were no restrictions to the decedent for the dressing. Embalming and casket choice also had no restrictions .Any method of Final Disposition was acceptable the funeral could be held at any location except the church. The Bible and the book of Mary Baker Eddy were the studies of the practitioners and…

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    Ok. So I have no idea what's going on but here's what I think happened... So first, Michael was going over to the sauna to relax. Likely being worried about being one of the scared contestants and being illegible for next killed, Little did he know that the killer had already planned their next murder. They had a black trash bag full of Salt Bae brand salt containers that they used to fill up Steam Tank 1 with. While filling up Steam Tank 1, they also filled up Steam Tank 2 with a stink bomb…

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