Oil and Resin
Scarabs are beatles
2007-06-12 01:21:08
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answer #1
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answered by Anonymous
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What Is Mummification?
Mummification is the preservation of a body, either animal or human. Some mummies are preserved wet, some are frozen, and some are dried. It can be a natural process or it may be deliberately achieved. The Egyptian mummies were deliberately made by drying the body. By eliminating moisture, you have eliminated the source of decay. They dried the body by using a salt mixture called natron. Natron is a natural substance that is found in abundance along the Nile river. Natron is made up of four salts: sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium chloride, and sodium sulfate. The sodium carbonate works as a drying agent, drawing the water out of the body. At the same time the bicarbonate, when subjected to moisture, increases the pH that creates a hostile environment for bacteria. The Egyptian climate lent itself well to the mummification process, being both very hot and dry.
2007-06-12 09:03:51
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answered by pelancha 6
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Several different types of oils were used to make the skin of the mummy more flexible, and resin was used to preserve it, along with natril, which is similar to the sand in the Egyptian desert (the first mummies were created just by burying them in the desert, and the dryness of the sand preserved them). In a sense, they did use scarabs, because even though a scarab is a type of beetle, they also made jewelry in the shape of scarabs, and placed spells on them. The linens bore spells, also, to protect the deceased and help him into the afterlife. The scarabs, and other jewelry and charms, were then woven into the linens to accompany the deceased to his trip to the next world.
2007-06-12 08:28:54
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answer #3
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answered by cross-stitch kelly 7
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oil and resin i believe
2007-06-12 08:24:24
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answered by >wonder whats next< 6
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oils/resin
2007-06-12 08:24:28
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answered by BOOTZ 4
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