2006-12-05 21:13:52 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
A mummy is an embalmed or specially preserved dead body. The ancient Egyptians wanted to preserve the body so that the dead person's spirit or "ka" could remain there.
A mummy, to put it bluntly, is an old dead body. But unlike a skeleton or a fossil, a mummy still retains some of the soft tissue it had when it was alive -- most often skin, but sometimes organs and muscles, as well.
Mummification is the preservation of a body, either animal or human. Some mummies are preserved wet, some are frozen, and some are dried.
The ancient Egyptians believed in life after death. Contradictions, however, existed side by side in their belief regarding the afterworld. They thought that the dead lived on in the tomb. At the same time they thought of the dead as having gone to a blessed afterworld in some far-distant place.
The secrets of the Pharaonic mummies are revealed by the first Mummification Museum in the world recently set up on the Nile banks in Luxor, Upper Egypt. Through its 56 archeological artifacts, the museum adds up to the endeavours to unveil the secrets of the Pharaonic civilization including medicin, chemistry and anatomy.
2006-12-06 00:03:02 · answer #1 · answered by veerabhadrasarma m 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Internal organs were removed and the bodies are filled with salt.
They are also kept in deserts, e.g. the Valley of the Kings in Luxor and the pyramids in Gaza. The dry air helps to preserve the mummys.
2006-12-06 13:43:14 · answer #2 · answered by Kemmy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The earliest ancient Egyptians buried their dead in small pits in the desert. The heat and dryness of the sand dehydrated the bodies quickly, creating lifelike and natural 'mummies'.
Later, the ancient Egyptians began burying their dead in coffins to protect them from wild animals in the desert. However, they realised that bodies placed in coffins decayed when they were not exposed to the hot, dry sand of the desert.
Over many centuries, the ancient Egyptians developed a method of preserving bodies so they would remain lifelike. The process included embalming the bodies and wrapping them in strips of linen. Today we call this process mummification.
2006-12-05 21:15:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oil of Olay
2006-12-05 21:16:31 · answer #4 · answered by Robert W 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same way as daddys.
2006-12-05 21:15:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2006-12-05 21:16:51 · answer #6 · answered by ABOOD 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋