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Preservation of the body was an essential part of ancient Egyptian funerary belief and practice. Early mummification involved a wrapping of specific parts of the body such as the face and hands. The brain was removed, often through the nose, and discarded. Analysis of mummies has revealed a wealth of information about how ___________ lived and died.
Preservation of the body was an essential part of ancient Egyptian funerary belief and practice. Early mummification involved a wrapping of specific parts of the body such as the face and hands. The brain was removed, often through the nose, and discarded. Analysis of mummies has revealed a wealth of information about how ___________ lived and died.
Preservation of the body was an essential part of ancient Egyptian funerary belief and practice. Early mummification involved a wrapping of specific parts of the body such as the face and hands. The brain was removed, often through the nose, and discarded. Analysis of mummies has revealed a wealth of information about how ___________ lived and died.
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The preservation of the body was an essential part of ancient
Egyptian funerary belief and practice. Early mummification involved a wrapping of specific parts of the body such as the face and hands. It has been suggested that the individuals developed to reproduce the naturally occurring desiccating (drying) effects of the hot dry sand on a body buried within bags. The best literary account of the mummification process is complete by Herodotus, an ancient Greek historian. He records that the entire process took seventy days. The internal organs, apart from the heart and kidneys, were removed via a cut in the left side. The organs were dried and wrapped, and placed in canopic jars, or later replaced inside the ____. The brain was removed, often through the nose, and discarded. ____ of natron or salt were packed both inside and _______ the body, and left for forty days until all ___ moisture had been removed from the remaining body tissue. ___ body was then cleansed with aromatic oils and resins ___ wrapped with bandages, often household linen torn into strips. __________ analysis of mummies using processes such as X-ray and __ scanning has revealed a wealth of information about how ___________ lived and died. It has been possible to identify __________ such as lung cancer, osteoarthritis and tuberculosis, as well __ parasitic disorders. The British Museum has on display a ____ burial dating from about 3400 BC. The body was buried ________ in the desert sand, which completely covered the body, _____ it out and thus preserved it. Such burials may ____ contain grave goods objects buried near the body such __ bowls, jars, jewellery and flint tools. The British Museums ________ coffin burials date from about 2950 BC. Here the body ___ placed in a coffin made of wooden
planks or ____ basketwork which might be buried in the ground
or ______ in a cave. Although the coffin was intended to_______ the body from wild animals (direct sand burials were__________ to being dug up and disturbed by wild animals), __ actually kept the sand (which would have dried the ____ out) away from the body, thus allowing the flesh __ rot away leaving only the skeleton. The ancient Egyptians _____ have become aware of the problems associated with coffin _______ through opening graves for subsequent burials as well as _______ accidental uncovering of sand burials. Increasing understanding of the _________ of natural preservation, coupled with the religious emphasis on ___ importance of the body in the afterlife, led to ___ development of full mummification which involved artificially drying the ____ before placing it in the coffin to ensure the __________ preservation of the body. a also and x 2 as bags body x 3 burials complete conditions CT dried directly earliest from given in individuals
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