The Beautiful House

Don’t let the name fool you, usually the Beautiful House

was a tent!

Why make a Mummy?

• Body preserved in a special way.

• Egyptians believed in an afterlife, where they would live on forever.

• Believed the body was essential to get into the next world.

Who was made into Mummies?

• When the Egyptians first began to make Mummies, the rich and powerful were only made into Mummies.

• As the centuries went on, many more people were Mummified.

How to make a Mummy!

• Firstly, the body was washed all over. This was so the body could wash away anything “impure” from coming with it into the next life.

How to make a Mummy!

• Next, the brain was removed. There were a few ways to do this, but the most popular one was with a hook, out through the nose!

How to make a Mummy!

• Next, a long cut was made down along the left side of the body. Here all of the organs (Stomach, lungs, intestines, and liver) are removed.

• All these organs were stored in special Canopic Jars.

• The Heart is the only organ left in the Mummy.

How to make a Mummy!

• The body is then left in a large pile of natron (A kind of salt) for 40 days. This dried up the body, and took away almost all of the moisture.

• This is why Mummies lasted so long.

How to make a Mummy!

• At this stage, the Mummy doesn’t really look like how it did in life.

• The skin is softened with oils and make up put on.

• To restore the body to the proper shape, the embalmers stuff it with rags and sawdust.

How to make a Mummy!

• At last the Mummy was ready to be wrapped.

• The Mummy was wrapped in about 20 layers of linen.

• Finally, the bandages were glued together.

A Pharaoh Funeral.• At the Funeral of

the Pharaoh, almost the entire country attended.

• Gifts, ornaments, clothes, food, flowers, perfume, wine, books, thrones, chariots… You name it, it went in the tomb with the Pharaoh!