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Hello Tuesday, it is a hot day and I have nothing on today since it
is Tuesday, it is gross facts day. Today's facts are about Egyptian
Mummies.
It
took 70 days for the ancient Egyptians to make a mummy out of a dead
body.
First
they cut open the body with a sharp stone, then they removed the
stomach,lungs and other organs and put them into jars.
The
heart was left in the body as it was thought to be vital for the
afterlife.
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sacred scarab beetle was placed on the heart
Using
a hammer and chisel they knocked a hole into te nose bone and hooked
out the brain. They thought it wasn't important so it was thrown
away.
They
stuffed the body with bandages and sawdust, covered it completely
with salt and left it for a month to dry out.
After
a month they wrapped the mummy in resin-soaked bandages while casting
spells over it
Pharaoh
Tutankhamun's mummy shows that he may have died of gangrene after he
broke his leg.
Interesting, some are totally yuk! :)
ReplyDeleteI've read recently that poorer families found "cheaper" ways to mummify their loved ones...
ReplyDeleteFor a homeschooling class, we mummified a chicken and kids took turns changing out the salt, etc.
ReplyDeleteLike Tut, it got lost to history...I'm still waiting for someone to find that thing in all it's gory glory.
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Margaret....Yuck indeed
ReplyDeleteChris.....I wonder what the cheaper families did
Cherdo....Mummifing a chicken sounds kinda cool