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    Mummification is the preservation of a body, either animal or human. The Egyptians believed that there were six important aspects that made up a human being. The physical body, shadow, name, ka (spirit), ba (personality), and the akh (immortality) were represented as a small human figure painted completely black.

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    Mummification is the preservation of a body, either animal or human. The Egyptians believed that there were six important aspects that made up a human being. The physical body, shadow, name, ka (spirit), ba (personality), and the akh (immortality) were represented as a small human figure painted completely black.

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    Egyptian Medicine

    Why Did they do before Mummification?

    They took out brains from human bodies because to keep the body from
    decaying faster when mummifying the body. The organs were eventually
    removed (with the exception of the heart) and stored in canopic jars, allowing
    the body to be more well-preserved as it rested. Occasionally embalmers
    would break the bone behind the nose, and break the brain into small pieces
    so it could be pulled out through the nasal passage. The embalmers would
    then fill the skull with thick plant-based resin or plant resin sawdust. A priest
    would remove them from a slot on the left side of the body
    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 nitron. Nitron is a natural
    substance that is found in abundance along the Nile river. Nitron is made up of four
    salts: sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium chloride, and sodium sulphate.
    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.
    Why Did The Ancient Egyptian's
    Mummify Their Dead?
    The Egyptians believed that there were six important aspects that made up a human being: the
    physical body, shadow, name, ka (spirit), ba (personality), and the akh (immortality). Each one of
    these elements played an important role in the well being of an individual. Each was necessary to
    achieve rebirth into the afterlife. With the exception of the akh, all these elements join a person at
    birth. A person's shadow was always present. A person could not exist with out a shadow, nor
    the shadow without the person. The shadow was represented as a small human figure painted
    completely black. A person's name was given to them at birth and would live for as long as that
    name was spoken. This is why efforts were made to protect the name. A cartouche (magical
    rope) was used to surround the name and protect it for eternity.
    • The ka was a person's double. It is what we would call a spirit or a soul. The ka was created at
    the same time as the physical body. The doubles were made on a potters wheel by the ram-
    headed god, Khnum. The ka existed in the physical world and resided in the tomb. It had the
    same needs that the person had in life, which was to eat, drink, etc. The Egyptians left offerings
    of food, drink, and worldly possessions in tombs for the ka to use.
    • The ba can best be described as someone's personality. Like a person's body, each ba was an
    individual. It entered a person's body with the breath of life and it left at the time of death. It
    moved freely between the underworld and the physical world. The ba had the ability to take on
    different forms.
    • The akh was the aspect of a person that would join the gods in the underworld being immortal
    and unchangeable. It was created after death by the use of funerary text and spells, designed to
    bring forth an akh. Once this was achieved that individual was assured of not "dying a second
    time" a death that would mean the end of one's existence.

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