*The Nile River Mummies*

S ome of the temples of the Nile river include: *Karnak: temple precinct *Kom Ombo temple *Cairo temple *Knum temple *Philae temple *Luxor temple *Feluccas temple *Abu Simbel

*The Nile River Mummies* 1. First the undertakers cut open the body. 2. They leave the heart in the body, but they take out the lungs, liver, stomach, and intestines. They place each of these organs in a canopic jar which is later buried with the mummy 3. Next the body is packed in natron. Natron is like salt. After many weeks in natron, the body is all dried out. Now the body weighs much less. The skin in now like leather- harder and tighter. 4. The undertakers then tear fine white cloth into strips. 5. Then they wrap the strips around the body from head to toe. 6. After the mummy is all wrapped, the undertakers cover it with sticky sap from trees. 7. Once the sap is dried, the mummy is as hard as a statue. 8. At last it is time for the mummy’s funeral. The mummy is put into a fancy coffin. Then that coffin is put in another fancy coffin decorated to look like the person who died info from…

Canopic jars Canopic jars were used for storing internal organs of the dead for safe keeping in the after world.

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