Natron

steps as used on human bodies and reserved only for sacred animals such as the Apis bull. In this method many of the organs such as the brain, lungs, stomach, intestines, and liver, were removed from the body. After the body was emptied and cleaned, natron was placed into the body cavity so as to dry out the tissue and the body packed with…

Egyptian Mummification The burial process has drastically changes over the years and varies depending on religious preference. The Egyptians began intentionally mummifying the wealthy and famous around 2600 B.C. to ensure they had a nice quality of life in the afterworld. Their religion believed that the body of the corpse was the house of the spirit; therefore it must be preserved, so they could have a place to live in the afterlife. This process took exactly seventy days to complete properly…

important to keep the traditions going many years to come. The tools needed were such things as brain hooks, oil jar, funnel, and embalmer’s knife. Some of the materials needed for mummification were things like linen, sawdust, lichen, beeswax, resin, natron, onion, Nile mud, linen pads, and frankincense. Some of the tools are thing we still used today in preparing the remains of a body. (###############) The steps in preparing the corpse is very important first the body is put into a pit in…

(Lace, William. Mummification and Death Rituals of Ancient Egypt, San Diego: Lace William, 2013.Pg 20). As time passed so did these mastabas. Ordinary people were still buried in Mastabas, however, for the Pharaoh’s now had pyramids built for them. Eventually, the great pyramid of Khufu at Giza (built 2251-2528 BCE) was built with 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.…

shown with a jackal or dog head. “ Sometimes he is depicted with one side of his face white or gold and the other black.” Mummification is a strategy to preserve the body. The supplies that the Egyptians used to mummify the body are linen bandages,natron salt, oils and ointments, and sawdust. During the mummification process, they take out the lungs, stomach,liver,and intestines. The Egyptians kept…

“This “humble” tomb had remained hidden for 3000 years and had tricked tomb robbers and flash floods for many centuries(O'Connor)”. Davis was the first person to find items that led to the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb. “The first clue came from a famous cache”(O’Conner). These items were hidden in a safe tomb, and with more research the came to conclusions that the clay sealing of the cache, was done by Tutankhamun himself. Some scientists believe this royal cache was that tomb raiders. Among…

Nile River (Gandalla 31-32). However, archeologists Moustafa Gandalla disproved this theory. He believes that the workers made their stones by hand with a mixture of different materials (Gandalla 41). By mixing alumina, natron salt (sodium carbonate), lime, arsenic materials, and natron (a type of flux), Gandalla (41) believes that the workers mixed these ingredients together to produce a high quality limestone…

The Egyptians practiced the art of mummifying their dead for 3,000 years or more in the belief that the soul would be reunited with the body in the afterlife, so the body had to be kept intact. A mummy is a dead body in which some of the soft tissue has been preserved along with the bones. Usually this means it was specially embalmed or preserved for burial, but sometimes natural conditions alone freeze, dry out, or otherwise prevent the body from decaying by inhibiting the growth of microbes.…

body. They used this cut in the body to take out many of the internal organs which are the first to decompose. The liver, lungs, 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…

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…