Mummies and The process of Mummification

 After I left the pyramid and the great temple I got to visit an Egyptian embalmer who was in the process of creating a mummy. This is called the process of Mummification. There are 3 ways one can create a mummy and it varies depending on the amount of money one wishes to spend. I saw perhaps the most expensive one. The Egyptian embalmer started by drawing out the brain through the nostrils. Then, he took out the whole contents of the belly and cleaned the interior with palm wine and spices. Except for the heart, which was needed by the deceased in the Hall of Judgment, the embalmers removed all of the internal organs from the body. These were placed into four vases, called Canopic Jars. Next, he filled the belly with pure myrrh, cassia, and other spices and sew it together again. Next, he covered up the body in natron (a crystalline mineral salt used in the mummification process to soak up water from the body) for seventy days. Next, he washed the corpse and roll it up in fine linen. Finally, he would bless the diseased and priests said prayers to help the dead person on his way into the next world. The body was then returned to the relatives who placed it in a wooden coffin.