Do Now: What is Mummification?

Do Now: What is Mummification?

A process to prepare a dead person’s body for the afterlife.

AIM: Why did the Ancient Egyptians Mummify their dead?

“The Best of Both Worlds”

Why would the Egyptians want to be mummified?

Wanted to live forever with their gods.

Afterlife

Life after death

The Process of MummificationRemoval of Brain

Removed the brain because they thought the heart was the thinking part of the body. They thought the brain didn’t do anything.

What organs were removed & which one stayed ?The Process of Mummification

Stomach

Liver

HeartIntestinesLungs

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The Process of Mummification

I am DuamutefI hold the Stomach

I am QebesenufI hold the Intestines

I am HapiI hold the

LungsI am ImsetiI hold the

Liver

Canopic JarsThey hold some of the organs of

the mummy

The Process of Mummification

The mummy is dried with salt. (Natron)

The mummy is wrapped with linen..

The mummy is wrapped with linen..

Amulets (charms) are placed in between the linen layers.

Steps in Mummification

The death mask is place over the head.

Steps in MummificationThe mummy is place in a series of coffins.

Funeral Procession/Parade

A parade would be held with the Pharaoh’s body and grave goods with actors as mourners, crying. Then the boarded a boat across the Nile to the Valley of the Kings.

ACTIVITY:Practice the mummification process

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