Friday, February 4, 2011

Mummification, Death, and Afterlife By: Rocio Perez


          Have you ever wondered what mummification is? People had to go through the mummification is? People had to go through the mummification process. Ancient Egyptians mummified because they believed that they had an afterlife and people who mummified were called Embalmers. I will be talking about the mummification process, people who mummified and why they mummified.
Have you ever wondered what the steps of mummification are? The first step was to announce the death of a person/ruler. Referring to this step this allowed people to their mourning period and ceremony. Also to let people know when someone died. The second step was to take the body to be embalmed. To know were they will take them. Also to know who they were going to mummify. The third step was to remove the brain. To know why they removed Also to know why they mummified. The fourth step was to take out the organs. To know if they took the organs out. Also to know if the organs were token off. The fourth step was to take the organs. To know if the organs were token off from the body. Also to know what was token off. The fifth step was to place the body on a slab and covered with either nacron or natron salt. The slab was tilted so that the water would run off into a basin. This removed moister and preserved rotting. The body was taken outside and let dry for about forty days. After the body was completely dried out, the wrapping of the body began. To know what was on the slab. And why they placed them there. The sixth step was to start the wrapping. They mummified the fingers separately. The organs were mummified separately too and put on a jar called canopic jars. They placed a piece of gold with the eye of Horus over the slit on the abdomen. Then they placed the body in the decorated coffin. The seventh step was the friends and family to take the coffin in burial place. This step was important because to know were they were mummified. And why they put them there.   
          Have you ever wondered what people mummified and were they were located? People who mummified were called embalmers. This is important because this helped  people know what they were called. Also because people who took the body wouldn’t be wondering what they were called. The priest was the one to perform the ceremony of the death of a pharaoh. This helps the people know what the priest had to do. Also to know what the priest was in charge of. The embalmers were located in a special tent or building. To know were they were located. Also to know in what they mummified. The building or tent were called embalming workshops. This helped people find the building. Also to know what the building was called. In conclusion the embalmers and priest was part of the mummification.

          Have you ever wondered why they mummified? They mummified because they had many different believes. One of their believes was that they had an afterlife. To know why they mummified. Also their believes because their believes are important. They also mummified because they thought that they would go to afterlife quicker. They mummified because they believed that. Also because that was part of their religion. They mummified ONLY rich people if they mummified poor people they wouldn’t care and not do it carefully. This will help people know what people they would mummify correctly. Also to know if they mummified poor people. They mummified because it was part of their religion.  
    
          Therefore, the mummification process was important because there was more ways to mummify. The embalmers and the priest were the ones who mummified. They mummified because they believed that they had an afterlife. And get to afterlife quicker. Lastly, in this report I learned about the mummification process which had a lot of steps. Overall, I learned why and who mummified.

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