Do you know how mummy's were made? Process of Mummification.

What is a Mummy? 

Mummy is basically body of human being or animal which is preserved with resins and then wrapped with Bandages. 

Making of Mummy

The ancient Egyptians believed in afterlife;life after death and they used to say if your dead body rotted or was damaged in this world in any kind then your spirit would suffer in afterlife. Rich Egyptians arranged for their bodies to be preserved after their death. Their techniques worked so well that some of the mummies Are still intact to this days. 

1.Removing of Organs from the body

After washing the body with wine, priests removed the internal organs. Special hooks were used to pull out the brain through the nostrils. The heart was not taken out as they believed that it was the home of the soul. 

2.Drying out the body

The hollowed out body was packed with bags of natron(a natural salt that drew water out of the flesh). It was left like this for the period of 40 days while the natron did its work. 

3.washing the Body again

Once the body had completely dried out, it was washed in wine to remove the salt, then packed with sawdust and resin soaked linen. The skin was rubbed with oils and perfumes, and often painted with resin for extra protection. 

4.Wrapping in bandages

The next step was to wrap the mummy in layers of Bandages. Amulets(pieces of jewellery with magical powers) were included to keep the spirit safe on its journey to next world. The finishing touch was a decorated mask. 

5.Into the Coffin

The mummy was placed in coffin or in sarcophagus, which was painted or carved with the likeness of dead person. The mummies of rich persons were enclosed in several coffins, which in turn sat inside large wooden shrines. 

6.The Funeral

Exactly 70 days after the death, the mummy was laid to rest. A procession would carry the coffin and burial goods to the tomb, often sealing them away so that robbers could not break in. 

Priests of the dead

The process of Mummification was a religious ritual and was carefully supervised by the priests. One would wear a jackel mask to represent Anubis, the God who guided spirits of the dead. 

Tutankhamun's Tomb

Tutankhamun became pharoah at the age of nine. He died suddenly, just nine years later, in 1327 BCE. He was buried in an underground tomb in the valley of the Kings, on the west bank of the river Nile. Although grave robbers stole some of his burial treasure, thousands of precious artefacts lay undisturbed for more than 3,000 years before archeologists rediscovered the tomb in 1922.

Tutankhamun's inner coffin was made of 110 kg of pure gold. About 5,000 artefacts are found in Tutankhamun's tomb.

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