The stages of mummification Why they mummified people The rituals performed before they were put in the tomb How they mummified people. Some of the objects and things that were put in with the person By: Kirstin Krieger

The Stages Of Mummification!! One of Stage is Embalming. Embalming is the stage were Egyptians start to taking the body and drying it out. The second stage is wrapping In that process the body is wrapped

Why They Mummified People Ancient Egyptians mummified people because they thought if they done that they would go thought the underworld and get to their afterlife that would last forever. Go Home

How They Mummified people –The first stage is were ancient Egyptians washed people in the Nile River then with wine. Then they cut the left side side of the body. Once that is done they removed all if the internal organs and put them in natron which dries them out. The only thing Egyptians did not remove was the heart because they believed that they would need it in the afterlife. Once that is done they would take n long hook, put it through there nose, then smash there brain, grab it with the hook then the would take it out through there nose. –After that is done Egyptians would also fill there body with natron so that the body would dry out then they would take the rags and the liquid from the body and bury it with them. After forty days they would wash the body again, then wash it with good smelling oils to make the skin elastic like. Go Home These are the jars they put the organs in. This is the process of taking the brain out. The body is filled with natron to dry it out Once that is done Egyptians would wrap the body and during that a priest would read spells out loud to keep evil spirits away when the person is going through the after life.

The Rituals Egyptians Performed Before The Person Was Put In The Tomb Did you know that Egyptians performed rituals before bodies were buried. One rituals that was performed were they would let the dead eat. Once that is done they would put a painted board that has the god on it, o top of the pharaoh. Then they would place the pharaoh in two coffins, then they had a funeral and the family come to cry for the pharaoh. Those are some of the rituals they preformed before the body was buried. Go Home This is a picture were they let the person eat.

The Objects That Were Placed In With The Pharaoh. Did you know that they placed objects in the coffin before the pharaoh was buried? Egyptians put items in there because they believed that the pharaoh would need the items for the journal through the under life. Items placed in with a person Home