Religion In Ancient Egyptian

Introduction: The mummification process was a task completed by the Egyptians to help prepare, the body's of mummies into the afterlife. This was a difficult role to be completed, because it took the longest amount of time. In Ancient Egypt, the pharaoh's believed preserving a dead body, would be important to keep their souls alive. On this page, you would be over looking a few questions that would help answer logical information about who, what, when, where, why and how the Egyptians preformed the task of "Mummification". Who would perform the task of Mummification? Where would they work? A: The Embalmers would be trained and responsible for the task of mummification. They would work outside of town, in a workshop called a "Wabet". Anyone else who participated in the task, such as priests had to be trained to perform this job. It was done, both surgically and in a ritual precision. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Who is the chosen god for surgeons? What does the mask symbolize? A: Anubis is the chosen god for surgeons, wearing a terro-cotta mask. Also the priests would help perform the mummification process as well. The terro- cotta mask symbolizes Anubis to watch over the mummy process and to guide priests in this ritual. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Why is it important for the priests to not cut inside the body? A: It's important for the priest, not to make cuts in the body, because if the spirit couldn't recognize the body, then it would be impossible to go across the Earth and Hanut the priest, really responsibly. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What are the 4 Steps to the process of Mummification? Cut in the abdomen, which is below the ribs, on the left side of the body. Use a knife and a ordinary metal blade Take out the organs and place them in a canopic jar. The organs that were put inside the jar, would be the stomach, lungs, intestines, and liver. These organs would be protected by one of the sons of Horus. Next, the brain would be extracted, through the nose and then thrown away. Resin would be poured through the nose by using a funnel to keep the head from collapsing. The heart was saved for last, so it can be weighed and guided through the soul into the under world. Every other part of the body, was saved and placed inside the tomb with the body or was given to the relatives. Lastly, the body and organs would be preserved with spices and dried out with natron salt. The spices that were used in the preservation process made the body look brown and leathery. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How long did the entire process take? And what happened during this stage? A: The entire mummification process took about 70 days. After this process was completed, the body was wrapped in linen. And death masks were also added, to be placed on the head of the mummy, around the bandages, which were used as a replacement head in case. This was something that would happen to the real skull. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lastly, what type of Jewelery were placed on the mummy's preserved bodies? A: The types of jewelery that were placed on the bodies, were special amulets, that are within the wrapping of the mummy, to protect it. Another type of jewelery, was a mummy tag, which is similar to a toe tag, and was placed around the mummy's neck so people can identify who it was, for the burial. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------