Steps of the ancient Egyptian mummification process

 the ancient Egyptian mummification process

Mummification of the dead is the preservation of the bodies of the dead with chemical materials, so that the human body maintains its appearance as if it is alive, when it is recorded in a public place before the burial ceremony takes place, according to medical or decorative instructions. In addition, it meets the requirements of some religions that delay burial, and force the body to be transported to another place, thus preventing embalming the body from rotting.

Extraction of the brain from the skull by suction through the nose using a chisel and a hammer to cut through the nasal wall, and then the brain is pulled through the nostril with a heated and hooked hook and the bowels of the body are extracted all but the heart ((the center of the soul and emotion)), and thus no material remains in the corpse A flaccid that rots with bacteria either by opening or by injecting pine oil into the viscera through the anus.

The chest and abdominal cavities are filled with a solution of natron and linen rolls impregnated with resin and perfume, which are all substances that cannot be a medium for decomposition and rotting of bacteria.

Drying the body by placing it in dry natron salt to extract every bit of water present in it, extracting fats and drying the tissues completely.

Coating the corpse with liquid resin to block all skin pores and to be a moisture insulator and repellent to microorganisms and insects in various circumstances, even if the corpse was placed in water or left in the open.

In one of the advanced stages of the modern state, sand was placed under the skin between the muscle layer and the skin through openings throughout the body, so that the limbs appeared to be full and did not show any sagging in the skin.

Use beeswax to close the nose, eyes, mouth, and abdomen.

Coloring lips and cheeks with cosmetics.

Wrap the mummy with many linen ties, which may reach hundreds of meters, painted with resin, colored with red iron oxides (red ocher), and beeswax added to it as an adhesive in the last seventy days of the mummification process.

The basis of mummification science is to completely dry the corpse and prevent bacteria from reaching it. And the science of taxidermy is currently studying at the University of Oxford in Britain, and also in the Faculties of Pharmacy in the universities of Egypt in the curriculum (History of Pharmacy and Drug Manufacturing).

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