mystery talk: how to make a mummy?
How To Make A Mummy. It was startling. More than 5000 years ago, after burying their dead, the ancient Egyptians learned that the burning desert sands desiccated corpses.
Here's How
- Get four jars to hold the liver, lungs, intestines, and stomach. Keep the heart inside the body and discard the other internal body organs.
- Poke a rod with a hook on it through the nasal cavity to pull out the brain. Stuff the head with tree resin and sawdust.
- Soak the body in natron for 40 days. Then put the body on an inclining couch so the liquids and natron fall to the bottom into a pan. Discard.
- Rub the body with olibanum oil to make the skin supple.
- Pack the body to make it more lifelike (with spices or sawdust).
- Use wax to seal any incisions.
- Tear fine linen into strips 16 yards long and 2-8 inches wide.
- Wrap the smaller extremities (toes and fingers) first.
- Next, wrap the limbs, and finally, the torso.
- Sing appropriate chants over each body part.
- Secure linen with tree resin.
- Tuck in an amulet after every few layers.
