You wouldnt want

to be an Egyptian
mummy!

Introduction
Ancient Egypt began about 5000 years
ago beside the river Nile.
The pharoahs had huge monuments built
for them so they would always be
remembered.
Ancient Egyptians believed in the afterlife

Dead?
Ancient Egyptians take a lot of trouble
preparing for the afterlife
The bodies are preserved by embalming
and mummification.

Removing the organs

After your body has been cleaned, it is taken to
the place of embalming called the wabet.
A slicer priest will make a long cut alongside
the left side of your stomach.
Natron salt is used to dry out your
body once the organs have been
removed.

Storing the organs

Your liver, lungs, stomach and intestines are removed
through the incision in your stomach and then stored in
canopic jars. Each jar is protected by one of the four
sons of the God Horus and the lid of the jar is shaped
like its protectors head.
The body is washed out with palm wine and will be
soaked in natron for 40 days to dry it out.

Which organ is
not removed?

Get stuffed!

After 40 days your skin will be shrivelled and

you will look like a piece of old leather. So your
skin is rubbed with oils to make it softer.
The empty space where your organs were will
be stuffed with sawdust and rags.
With some false eyes and hair you will almost
look alive again.

Wrapped and ready

The embalmers work is almost
done and soon you will be a
mummy.
It will take 15 days to wrap you
up and you will need 20 layers
of bandages. If you were
sensible you would have saved
linen for the whole of your life
for this purpose.
Resin was use to glue the
bandages together.

What
bandages
did the
Egyptians
use?

The coffins
Once wrapped up you will
need a good wooden coffin.
The coffins should have
pictures of Gods on them and
lots of hieroglyphics.
A nest of coffins will be placed
in your tomb, inside a stone
coffin called a sacrcophagus.

What a mummy needs

for a blissful afterlife.
Have the wall of your tomb painted
with pictures of you.
Stock your tomb with food, clothes.
Weapons, furniture and tools.
It is the duty of your relatives to
bring you gifts of food, so you dont
go hungry

The end
Once your tomb has
been sealed, your
soul will battle its way
through the
underworld and your
heart will be weighed
against the feather of
truth.

Quick quiz
Why was Tutankhamuns
body not preserved well?
What is Natron?

Who is the God of

embalming?

The embalmers used too

much oil and his flesh
stuck to the sides of the
coffin.
A natural salt used to dry
out the body.
Anubis- a jackal headed
God.

Quick quiz
How many days is the
body left before it is
stuffed?
What wine was use to
clean the body?

What is a canopic
jar?

40

Palm wine

Four jars in which the

embalmed stomach,
lungs, liver and
intestines were stored.