3. Mummification:  Purpose of mummification?  The internal organs (stomach, liver, intestines, lungs) were removed.  The body was stuffed and covered with natron (i.e. sodium carbonate).  It was cleaned, stuffed again and oiled.  It was wrapped with linen and clothes and placed in two coffins.

4.  How long did the process of mummification take? a) a weekb) 28 daysc) 70 days  Which internal organ was never removed because it was thought to contain the intellectual capabilities of the deceased? a) brainb) heartc) liver

5.  Representation of daily life:

6. The Book of the Dead: funeral

7. Funeral: the opening of the mouth

8. The weighing of the heart

9. Fields of Reed

10.  Papyrus of Ani http://projects.vassar.edu/bookofthedead

11. Rosetta Stone, 196 BCE Same text written in: Hieroglyphic Demotic Greek Translated in the 19 th century. It was the key to decipher hieroglyphs.