Role Of Mummification In Ancient Egypt

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In Ancient Egypt there were many jobs, some vital to the survival of the Egyptian people, others were the desires of the people. Some jobs included mummification, a jeweler, and a potter.. The Egyptians in charge of mummifying the body had to complete two stages in order for the body to be prepared for burial. First, the Egyptians had to embalm (preserve) the body, then wrap and bury the body. When the Egyptians embalmed the body they first washed the body with water from the Nile River and take out the brain and organs but leave the heart. Next, the body is filled and covered with natron; it will dry out the corpse. Everything from embalming the body, (fluids, and rags) are buried with the body. Forty days after the burial the body

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