Mummification is one of the great secrets that our ancestors possessed, the pharaohs, and did not give it to anyone, but it seems that this puzzle is no longer difficult of its old
What are the steps of embalming (the secrets of embalming)
First, the priests open an opening on the left side of the abdomen; In order to take out the heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, stomach and intestines and treat them and put them in pots (canopic pots), these organs can cause putrefaction because they are easily decomposed.
Secondly, the brain and the eye are taken out, and in the place of the eye, pieces of onions are placed
Third, they use natron salt to absorb fluids and dry tissues from inside the body, and this process continues for 40 days, which is a pharaonic ritual.
Then after the completion of the absorption of fluids from the body
Fourth, he puts a temporary filling inside it consisting of (sawdust - cinnamon - onion pieces - henna), which is also removed to be replaced with a permanent filling of the same ingredients, in addition to resin oil, and this filling looks like the mummified mummy, thanks to it, in its natural form after removing the guts from inside
Fifthly, paint the skin of the deceased with palm oil, which clogs the pores to prevent rotting.
Sixthly, wrapping the mummy with linen wraps saturated with beeswax as an adhesive substance. The priests start with the left foot, then the right arm, then the right foot, then the left arm, so as not to break easily.
Why did the ancient Egyptians mummify their dead?
Because the ancient Egyptians believed that life after death is eternal life and there is no death after it
The secret of mummification of the ancient Egyptians
Natron was an important, necessary and indispensable element during the mummification process of the pharaohs in the mummification of the dead, where after the guts were removed, the body was washed again, this time with water and palm wine. Here was the key to successful embalming: the use of natron to absorb moisture.
This “divine salt” was abundant in the Wadi region of Egypt, and allowed the Egyptians to preserve meat and preserve dead bodies according to the same principle as the process of “salting” fish. No liquid, no bacteria...stop rotting. The mummy was completely covered with salt for between 40 and 70 day
Materials used in embalming
Vegetable oil, maybe sesame oil
The "balsam" plant or root extract that can come from a type of reed (Scirpus holoschoenus)
Vegetable gum, a natural sugar that can be extracted from the acacia tree
pine resin
natron
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