Both are made in a similar ways, using wheat or barley as a start. Not everyone could eat what they wanted.īread and beer were the essential food in an Egyptian diet. Pharaohs were considered as sons of the gods and they had power over everything.īut actually it is not so becauze Islam point of view one good deeds is important for going to Heaven.Įgyptians had a great variety of food and rules for it. They believed in after life so, they thought pyramids could help pharaohs to reach the heaven better because their soul could climb them. Pyramids were places were pharaohs and their wifes were buried.
Such as ra, so pic, the crocodile god, and others. Religion and beliefs Įgyptians were a polytheistic civilization. One of the most interesting tombs is the one of Tutankhamun (pharaoh of the XVIII dynasty, who died at only 19 years old), discovered by the archaeologists Carnarvon and Carter in 1922. Unfortunately, lots of tombs were robbed by thieves and lots of egyptian treasures were lost. What happened to mummies after the Egyptian civilization
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That's why they put food and important belongings of the person beside the sarcophagus, plus a little statue called "ushabti" which represented the slaves of the dead man or woman. Then the mummy was placed in the sarcophagus.īeliefs about Mummies Įgyptians believed that if they preserved the dead body, its soul would find a place in it, and would survive for all eternity. On the face of the mummy priests placed a mask with showed the person features. Between the bandage, they hide precious lucky charms. Afterwards, the body was treated with "mum" a type of dark and sticky substance made of resins and perfumes, and wrapped with linen bandages soaked up in an ointment. Secondly, the body was left for 40 days in a salt called natron, which dried the body. They also extracted the internal organs, which were preserved in canopic vases. Then, priests extracted the brain through the nose with a type of hook. Mummifying is a method to preserve a dead body to avoid its decomposition.įirst, they washed the body.
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