Embalming
After a death had occurred a priest would recite ancient prayers to the passed body, these prayers were a final attempt to revive the deceased. If no luck made through the prayers they would start the burial process. This process consisted of many different steps. The body was taken and purified in a special shelter called and ‘ibu’. Next the body was taken to a wabet. The wabet was the embalmers workshop. An incision would be made on the left side of the body extracting all the organs in the body. The person’s organs would then be stored in glass jars. After all organs were removed the body would be packed with salt, the salt was called natron this would last for 40 days. After a period of 40 days the body would be filled with things like linen, saw dust and resin. They did this to make the body seem more life like because when there is nothing left inside it can’t stand up. A mask would be placed over the face that represented the god of embalming and god of death, Anubis. The final process of the embalming stages were wrapping the body or mummifying it.
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