How do the Pyramids of Egypt preserve food and bodies?

Answer 1

The pyramids themselves did not preserve anything. The other answers listed preservation techniques used on these items before they were placed in the pyramid. Those, combined with the dry conditions in the desert made things last a long time.

Answer 2

Well, they drained the blood and took the organs out of the bodies. Next they rubbed salt into the body to preserve them. Plus the dryness of Egypt helped preserve the bodies.

To preserve meat, they used a lot of salt, and dried it afterwards. Honey can preserve bread products for a time, so it was used.

Answer 3

First, his body is taken to the tent known a'ibu' or the 'place of purification'. There the embalmers wash his body with good-smelling palm wine and rinse it with water from the Nile.One of the embalmer's men makes a cut in the left side of the body and removes many of the internal organs. It is important to remove these because they are the first part of the body to decompose.The liver, lungs, stomach and intestines are washed and packed in 'natron' which will dry them out. The heart is not taken out of the body because it is the 'center 'of intelligence and feeling and the man will need it in the afterlife.A long hook is used to smash the brain and pull it out through the nose. The body is now covered and stuffed with 'natron' which will dry it out. All of the fluids, and rags from the embalming process will be saved and buried along with the body.After forty days the body is washed again with water from the Nile. Then it is covered with oils to help the skin stay elastic.The dehydrated internal organs are wrapped in linen and returned to the body. The body is stuffed with dry materials such as sawdust, leaves and linen so that it looks lifelike. Finally the body is covered again with good-smelling oils. It is now ready to be wrapped in linen.when the internal organs were removed from a body they were placed in hollow canopic jars.