Mummification Materials

Mummification Materials

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1) The brains were drawn out of the skull by means of an iron hook inserted through the nostrils. The fragments were thrown away and the inside of the skull rinsed out with fluid. The function of the brain was not understood: it was merely considered to be the organ producing mucus, and wasn't worthy of preservation.
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2) An incision was made in the flank with an obsidian knife and the internal organs extracted. The bowels and lungs were taken out (the latter via the diaphragm after cutting the windpipe), but the heart was left behind. The heart was thought to be the seat of intelligence, it would be weighed in front of Osiris, God of the Dead, to decide if the person deserved to enter the afterlife. The kidneys, perhaps because they were not recognized, were also often left behind. The Fallopian tubes, uterus and ovaries were removed, but not the penis or testicles. The chest and abdominal cavities were rinsed with palm wine and spices, packed with temporary materials, and the skin incision sewn up.

3) The body was then covered with natron, and left on a sloping stone slab, for six weeks.

4) After washing and thorough drying, the chest and abdomen were re-packed withAnubis presiding over embalming linen cloth and bags of resin, sawdust and natron. Resin-impregnated cloth was put into the skull.

5) The skin was, by now, very shriveled and stiff, and the face and limbs were shrunken and distorted resulting in the person being almost unrecognizable. The skin was treated by massaging a lotion consisting of juniper oil, beeswax, natron, spices and wine into it. From the 21st dynasty (1085 BC) onwards, linen pads, mud, sand or sawdust was packed under the skin as a filling material to restore outlines. This was done on the face, under the skin of the arms, legs, back and neck, and sometimes, in the case of women, the breasts. Cosmetics such as rouge were applied as necessary. The mummy began to look more lifelike after these processes. In later periods the whole surface of the body was painted with an ochre-gum mixture, red for men and yellow for women.

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