Mummies+by+st09swas03

The mummification process has many steps but to make it easier I have broken it in to four simple parts by choosing what I think are the most esential steps. Step Number One: The article states that you first take out the dead bodies lungs, liver, stomach, and intestines. To do this you must make a slash on the bodies left side near the abdomen. These organs were considered important so they were put in what was called a //canopic jar.// Each jar came with a picture of a god to protect what was inside. Then these body parts were rinsed with wine. Step Number Two: In the text I read that the next step of the process was to take out the brain through the nose. After that the body was covered in [|natron]. Then the Egyptian let the body sit for up to two and a half months. Step Number Three: The body was next painted with [|resin]. Then the rest of the body was filled with sand, cloth, and sometimes sawdust. Step Number Four: The article states that next the body was covered with as many as 20 layers of bandage. This process took almost 15 days to do. Then the body was put in to multiple inner coffins, encased in a beautiffuly painted wooden coffin (or two). Finally in a [|sarcophagus]. From "MUMMIES", I better understand how the process of mummification is done. I also interprited that none of this was considered 'gross' to the Egyptian people like I thought they would be.