Mummies And Their Afterlife

Question 1

What are Canopic Jars?

Answer 1

Covered jars were used in Egyptian burials to store 4 major organs from the mummified body.

Question 2

What are Amulets?

Answer 2

An ornament or small piece of jewelry thought to give protection against evil, danger, or disease.

Question 3

What is a Scarab Bettle?

Answer 3

Significance of the Egyptian god Khepri that renewed the sun everyday rolling it above the horizon then carried it to the other world

Question 4

What is a Sarcophagus?

Answer 4

Stone coffin, typically adorned with a sculpture or inscription and associated with ancient civilizations.

Question 5

Who is Anubis?

Answer 5

God of mummification

Question 6

List all steps for mummification:

Answer 6

Step 1: Clean the body and take it to the wabet (embalming place).
*Brain is removed and thrown away

Step 2: *Organs are removed: liver, lungs, stomach, and intestines
*NOT the heart (needed in the afterlife)

Step 3: Skin is rubbed with oils to make it softer
Empty space where your organs were is filled with sawdust, rags, and chaff (corn husks, weeds, etc.

Step 4: Takes 15 days to wrap the body
20 layers of linen
Resin (sticky sap) is used to glue layers together.

Step 5: Stuff mummy with amulets
Make portrait mask
Finger and toe stalls (if you can afford it)

Step 6: Three coffins if you are wealthy
Hieroglyphic phrases of praise
Painted spells and gods to protect the mummy

Step 7: Pack in items that you will need for the afterlife: food, clothes, tools, weapons, and even your favorite pet (mummified of course!).

Step 8: Dead for 70 days
Coffins were taken by boat
Buried on the western side of the river, where the sun sets. Priests lead the procession, with people with things for you in the afterlife.

Step 9: Unwanted visitors on their way
Tomb robbers tunnel toward you
Tomb robbers look for linen, gold jewelry, glass, Frankincense, and Myrrh.
Tomb robbers are risking their lives to steal these possessions. They could get tortured and then slow death.