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    The document summarizes the ancient Egyptian process of mummification in 5 steps: 1) removing internal organs and placing them in canopic jars except for the heart; 2) washing the body with salt and letting it dry for 40 days; 3) wrapping the body in linen cloths; 4) placing the wrapped body in a coffin; and 5) burying the coffin in a tomb along with canopic jars and goods for the afterlife. The mummification process was used to preserve important people like pharaohs and wealthy individuals for the Egyptian belief in an afterlife.

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    The document summarizes the ancient Egyptian process of mummification in 5 steps: 1) removing internal organs and placing them in canopic jars except for the heart; 2) washing the body with salt and letting it dry for 40 days; 3) wrapping the body in linen cloths; 4) placing the wrapped body in a coffin; and 5) burying the coffin in a tomb along with canopic jars and goods for the afterlife. The mummification process was used to preserve important people like pharaohs and wealthy individuals for the Egyptian belief in an afterlife.

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    SOCIAL STUDIES CLASS

    Topic: Ancient Egyptian Mummies


    MAP
    OF
    EGYPT
    WHY DO I HAVE THESE
    PICTURES UP?
    WHAT IS MUMMIFICATION?

    Process in which a corpse is preserved.


    WHAT KINDS OF PEOPLE
    WERE MUMMIFIED?

    Usually important people like Pharaohs


    Or wealthy people
    STEPS IN THE MUMMIFICATION
    PROCESS
    STEP 1
    Remove the organs
    and put them in
    canopic jars
    The heart was left inside
    the body- need it for the
    afterlife
    The brain is removed
    through the nose with a
    large hook and discarded
    cut was made on the side
    JACKAL, FALCON, BABOON, AND MAN
    STEP 2. RUBBED WITH SALT

    LET BODY DRY FOR


    BODY IS WASHED 40 DAYS
    STEP 3.
    WRAPPING IT WITH
    LINEN CLOTHS

    Dressed in amulets
    STEP 4.
    PLACED IN COFFIN

    Placed in a small coffin


    Then the decorated one
    you usually see
    STEP 5.
    TOMB

    Placed in a tomb pyramid


    Canopic jars
    Wealth/ goods
    TIME FOR MUMMY ACTIVITY
    DIRECTIONS

    Find a number in front of you


    It represents the step you must
    follow
    CLOSURE

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