Thursday, May 20, 2010

mummification

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 when they were not suppose 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 the bodies and wrapping them in strips of linen bandages. Today we call this process mummification.
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.

Sessy

1 comment:

  1. This is my work about mummification.
    I copy and pasted from the internet and got rid of all the bits i did not understand

    Best wishes
    sessy

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