2. The momifications.
The Egyptians
believed that,
when someone
dies, passes to
an eternal life.
Because of this,
they momificated
their deads.
3. The process of momification
First, they
transported
the body to
the Ibu, a
sacred place
where they
washed it
with water
from the Nile
River. It was
like a
renaissance.
4. Then, they put
the body on a
wooden table.
They took out
the brain by a
tunnel made
with a chisel
(cincel) in the
nose. It’s
curious that they
didn’t preserved
it, but they
thought that it
wasn’t necesary
in the other life.
5. Later, they made a
cut on the left side of
the body with an
obsidian knife (a
sacred stone) and
took out the organs,
except the heart,
necesary for the
Judgement of Osiris.
They later washed
them, covered them
with linen and put
them in decorative
vessels like this ones.
Then, they washed
the cut with palm wine
and put incense
inside it for
6. Then, they put the
body on other
wooden table and
covered it with
natron powder ,
that absorbs
humidity. After 35-
40 days, they
clean the natron
and brought the
body to the
Purification House.
There, they took
out the incense
from the cuts and,
in it’s place, they
put some natron
and cloth with
resine. Later, they
sew the cuts and
bath the skin with
7. Finally, when
the body was
ready for the
bandage, the
family of the
deceased had
to gather 312
square meters
of linen. The
embalmers
first covered
hands and
feet, then the
head, arms,
legs and
finally the
8. They made
many layers,
and between
each one
they put hot
resin to glue
the cloth.
During the
process, they
said spells
and used
amulets.
9. When the mummy
was already
bandaged, they put
on a funeral mask,
which represented
the face of the
deceased or a god.
Finally, he is placed
in a suhet, a
decorated coffin. In
the grave, a priest
dressed as Anubis
did the “ritual of the
mouth” with sacred
objects that were
placed on top of the
coffin.
