| The ancient Egyptian mystic writings, The Book of | | | | declaiming the magic writings during the |
| the Dead, describes much of mummification. A lot of | | | | mummification was called as the "Hery Heb", the |
| the ancient Egyptians followed the Book of the | | | | lector priest. The one who did the actual removal of |
| Dead, therefore mummification was needed when a | | | | the body's organs together with bandaging up the |
| person deceased to go on to the other world. This | | | | body was called the "Wetyw", the embalmer. |
| article will tell you some information that are | | | | When somebody died, he would be moved to the |
| fascinating about mummification. Now we know that | | | | place of washing and cleansing. This place is where a |
| mummification was very important for the individuals | | | | person would be rinsed in natron. When this was |
| of ancient Egypt. Also, cats were mummified after | | | | done, a person would be taken to the "house of |
| death. | | | | loveliness", this is where the mummification would be |
| Maintaining ones, body of a dead person was needed | | | | completed. The insides of the deceased one were |
| and there was arranged a basic funeral practices in | | | | taken out, dehydrated, rinsed and then packed. The |
| the world of ancient Egypt. If the corpse was not | | | | internal organs were placed in containers where they |
| reserved, then the "Ka" would not can to come back | | | | would be placed with the corpse. They would |
| and help the dead people. If the body had taken | | | | beautify the containers with the "four sons of Horus." |
| standard method and putrefied, it would become | | | | "Hapy" is the god that had a baboon skull and he |
| unrecognizable, therefore the "reception of the life | | | | took care of the lungs, "Imety" sheltered the liver |
| powers" would starve and the life after death would | | | | and he had the human head, "Duamutef" , the god |
| be in jeopardy of the individual who passed away. | | | | with jackal head took care of the stomach and |
| Due to this thing the individuals of ancient Egypt used | | | | "Qebehsenuff" was the god with a falcon head that |
| mummification for the purpose of prevent the dead | | | | protected the bowels. |
| body from putrefying. | | | | Lastly, the corpse was left for almost 6 weeks to |
| Many individuals think mummification as just being a | | | | dehydrate. After the dehydrating time the ancient |
| technical process in order to fill the corpse, the truth | | | | Egyptian people steeped corpse with perfumed |
| is that mummification was a ritual ceremony too. | | | | liquids. Also, maybe fake eyes might have been |
| They were constantly looking into recreating Osiris, | | | | added. The mummy was ready to jump to the new |
| who was one of the most admired gods in Egypt | | | | world. |
| thousands of years ago. The "Hery Seshta" was the | | | | There are today some fascinating museums which |
| man who was responsible of doing the | | | | have the famous exhibitions of mummies. Those |
| mummification; he is the person who became the | | | | museums are Egyptian Museum in Cairo, the |
| part of Anubis , the jackal god. The assistant of the | | | | Ägyptisches Museum in Berlin and of course, |
| mummification ceremony is the "Hetemw Netjer", the | | | | the British Museum in London. |
| assistant embalmer priest. The individual who was | | | | |