Mummification in ancient Egypt
4/01/2014 10:36:00 PM
Mummification in ancient Egypt is considered as one secret embalming remains always more mysteries of the Pharaohs mysterious and exciting, and one of scientists who fascinated by the process of mummification (the English researcher Sleema Ataram), which explained that this process was carried out in the cemetery or near a range of workshops embalming. And begin steps to mummification process to transfer the body to the " IPO " is a tent where washing the body of the deceased with water and a small amount of salt, which is brought from the "Valley of Natron " was developed body of the deceased after removing his clothes on the table embalming and shed with water mixed with salt when cleansing the body was being transferred to " and played a Watt " or place fresh or to " Bernfr " a beautiful house, where he works sewn.. The process takes Threading 70 days since the announcement of the death and even enter the body to the cemetery, during this period, the viscera may be removed were dried and stuffed and wrapped in linen
New scientific study shows that the ancient Egyptians were using complex mixtures of plant and animal extracts to mummify their dead.
British researchers have conducted analyzes of thirteen sample of the material used by the ancient Egyptians in embalming their mummies. The analysis showed the presence of a very large set of components, including the types of animal fats and vegetable oils, beeswax and vegetable gums.
Researchers have discovered that the embalming materials created by the Pharaohs was a combination of cheap materials , and other precious and rare at that time, such as oil, rice and juniper , which were come out of Egypt .
Steps of mummification
Begin steps embalming extracted brain usually through the nose by a hook of bronze, and empties into the skull fluid through the nostrils and through suppression, helps to dissolve the remnants of the brain outstanding, usually disgraced the brain to the large size and the small slot ejected, or check out the brain of the head and that because the brain from the early tissue, which is being analyzed and mold after death. After that cleaves the waist from the left side Ethiopian stone , and this slot is extracted intestine , liver, spleen , and kidneys were mummiefied with salt , then cover tapes linen ,
Then shove the diaphragm to extract the lungs , while the cardiovascular systems of large is left their place , and if it is eradicated inadvertently with the lungs re- embalmed and put in place again because of the importance of heart among the ancient Egyptians and in order to investigate the safety and not to leave the likelihood of damage to this member pivotal , was placed what is known as a scarab spreading heart written by the mantra of the Book of the Dead replace the real heart , and then wash the abdominal cavity and chest wine dates, spices , and then fills the abdomen with various materials such as myrrh, cinnamon , and then sew the opening address viscera then with natron, grease , perfumes , and divided the viscera to be placed in the four- time known as " cookware canopic " proportion of the region," Canopus " which Abu Qir currently in Alexandria , came this title because of the similarity of the heads of these pots with the heads of the god of this region .. And kept these pots bowels of the deceased and is guarded by the sons of " Horus " four and all of them can protect one of the viscera.. kindled against " Amesti " and shape of the human head ( liver ), while the Heat " Jobei " actor with a monkey ( lungs ) and protects the " born death EV " and Representative jackal-headed ( stomach ) and finally protects the " ugliness Snow that "the actor with a falcon ( intestine ) and placed viscera near sometimes the inside of the body .
Then placed the body in Natrona for dried and extracted afterwards washed with water and dried and they may were washed by wine again , remember the washing process this story of the legendary " Sunrise " from the waters of the Nile , and stuffed the cranial cavity resin or linen impregnated resin while stuffed bores chest and abdomen Palmer and aromatic substances the other , then rounded lips of the wound and the wound is covered with plaque or beeswax and prove the board by pouring molten resin it.
Then anoint the body with oil , myrrh and stuffed mouth linen submerged in the resin and treated ear , nose, sometimes in the same way nor abstracted eyes , but pressing them in then stuffed the cavity linen and attracts eyelids fillers , or put other things in the orbital eyes like " onion " , and sometimes were placed cosmetics on the face or put a wig on top of the head or linking nails with fingertips so as not to fall down, and deal with the whole body of molten resin to give the body rigidity and fill the pores , then coat the body by linen perfectly so severe scrolls stick together and glue the corpse .
As for the process of the scrolls were covered the body directly and then licking the fingers and toes roles of soft linen and then head very carefully , starting from the right shoulder and chest wounds , and upper limbs and then the lower limbs in the end .
During the operations wrapped body and was shed resins and paints over the coffins to ensure their adherence to and during each of these processes there was a priest reciting some incantations , and after the completion of the preparation of the mummy placed inside their covers made of cardboard or wood , and then returned to the family
. Came the word "mummy" of Persian origin of the word " mm ", meaning " wax " .. and become a mummy in Arabic .
Pharaohs embalming methods developed over hundreds of years
Tests Showed conducted on samples taken from the mummies belonging to successive eras that the Pharaohs embalming materials developed over time by adding components to the deadly germs to protect the mummies of decomposition.
That study was conducted by two chemists at the University of Bristol in Britain, with the aim of studying the evolution of embalming methods over two thousand and three hundred years of age Pharaonic civilization.
And scientists monitor the evolution of embalming materials through the change in the components during that long period of time.
The researchers Dr. Aevrashid Richard and Dr. Stephen Buckley said the vegetable oils and animal fats has been an essential component of embalming materials.
The scientists believed that the ancient Egyptians were the blend of these oils and fats that were available and cheap in limited quantities of other materials are scarce and expensive to prepare the materials that they used in embalming the dead.
The Resurrection and after life
in ancient Egypt
The ancient Egyptians believed in the idea of life after death. The ancient Egyptian religions say that human cannot be resurrected in the Hereafter only after the return of the body to the soul.
I think it should Pharaohs embalming the dead to protect his body from the decomposition of the soul so that you can find on the body to be the process of rebirth.
He has developed methods of mummification of the Pharaohs over hundreds of years and discovered that it must initially remove the internal organs to protect the body from decomposition, and then processed salt, glues, oil, rice, honey, and tar and dried in order to protect them from germs.
According to the researchers report in the science journal Nature which said that the choice of the components of the embalming materials was influenced by the cost factor and the shouts of fashion that prevailed.
It was a wealthy ancient Egyptians are keen to buy the precious embalming materials to honor their dead, as some wealthy resort today to buy precious coffins and graves luxury building.
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