Religion+and+Rituals


 * __What do we want to learn? __ **
 * **why did ancient Egyptians mummifiy the dead**
 * **what is the mummification process**
 * __ How are we assessed? __**
 * **participation - post information related to mummification and ancient Egyptian religious beliefs**
 * **engage in discussion on discussion board**

**Ancient Egyptians believed the soul left the body at death but it later rejoined the body and stayed throughout eternity. Egyptians mummified their dead to preserve their bodies from decay and to give the soul a home. (Challen, Paul; Life in Ancient Egypt, pg.20) **

**The process of mummification was a religious ritual. In Paul Challen's book, he shows us the 7 steps involved in mummifying a body. What can you find about the mummification process? Write in your information below. Remember to state clearly where you got your information from. Adding pictures and videos is a great idea. You may also comment on, add to and edit your classmates' work. **

**There are seventeen steps to make a mummy. **

 * 1.Send the dead body to the place to make mummy **
 * 2.Clean the body **
 * 3.Made an incision to remove the organs in the body **
 * 4.Wash the organs **
 * 5.Put the and organs into a pool of liquid to keep the organs well **
 * 6.Close the incision **
 * 7.Clean the dead body again **
 * 8.Cover with an anoiting oil **
 * 9.Warp the dead body with cotten gauze **
 * <span style="color: #ff6bd9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">10.Warp the dead body with silk warpping **
 * <span style="color: #ff6bd9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">11.A membrane is apply over the gauze **
 * <span style="color: #ff6bd9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">12.Follows a layer of fiberglas resin **
 * <span style="color: #ff6bd9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">13.Take the dead body into the pyramid **
 * <span style="color: #ff6bd9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">14.Put the dead body into a bronze or stainless steel Mummiform **
 * <span style="color: #ff6bd9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">15.Fill the Mummiform with an amber resin mixed with quartz granules to protect the mummy **
 * <span style="color: #ff6bd9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">16.Close the Mummiform **
 * <span style="color: #ff6bd9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">17.Put it into a tomb **
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<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">It was very important to ancient Egyptian that the human body was preserved. A method of preservation, called mummification was developed. Mummification was a complicated process which lasted 70 days.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">A mummy is the body of a person or an animal that has been preserved after death.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The Egyptians believed in life after death. They believed that they had to preserve their bodies so they could use them in the afterlife.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The Egyptians believed that when they died, they would make a journey to “the next world” where they would lead a new life. They would need all the things they had used when they were alive, so their families would put those things in their graves. Egyptians paid lots of money to have their bodies preserved.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The Egyptians thought their heart kept a person’s intelligence and emotions.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Anubis was the god of mummification. He had a human body and the head of a jackal. His job was to prepare the bodies of the dead to be received by Osiris.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Ancient Egyptians were buried with their belongings and the tomb walls were painted with scenes from the dead persons life. The objects included furniture, games and even food was placed in the tombs.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Canopic Jars were used by ancient Egyptians to hold the unwanted organs in the mummy.

<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The mummification process took a very long time took about 70 days. The priest in charge would wear the mask of a jackal representing the god Anubis.

<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Steps of mummification

<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">1. The body was washed and purified. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">2. Organs were removed. Only the heart remained. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">3. The body was filled with stuffing. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">4. The body was dried by covering it with a substance called natron. This substance absorbed all the moisture from the body. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">5. After 40 - 50 days the stuffing was removed and replaced with linen or sawdust. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">6. The body was wrapped in strands of linen and covered in a sheet called a shroud. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">7. The body was placed in a stone coffin called a sarcophagus.

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__Mummification Steps__
Video:<span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">[] <span style="color: #ff901a; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Fiona Chau: <span style="color: #ff901a; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Mummification process: <span style="color: #ff901a; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">1. Clean the body. <span style="color: #ff901a; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">2. Scrape the brain out <span style="color: #ff901a; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">3. Take the organs out from the body. <span style="color: #ff901a; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">4. Wash the organs. <span style="color: #ff901a; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">5. Put the oegans in the canopic jar. <span style="color: #ff901a; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">6. Clean the body with palm wine and spice. <span style="color: #ff901a; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">7. Put the natron on the body. <span style="color: #ff901a; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">8. Wait for forty days. <span style="color: #ff901a; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">9. Seal the cut and put the two finger amulet. <span style="color: #ff901a; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">10.Put on the mask. <span style="color: #ff901a; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">11.Wrap the body with linen. <span style="color: #ff901a; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">12.Put into the pyramid.
 * 1) Announcement of Death
 * 2) Embalming the Body
 * 3) Removal of Brain
 * 4) Removal of Internal Organs
 * 5) Drying Out Process
 * 6) Wrapping of the Body
 * 7) Final Procession

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<span style="color: #00b3ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; line-height: 19px;">"mummfication".
<span style="color: #00b3ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 91%; line-height: 19px;">Information from:http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/egypt/mummies.htm <span style="color: #00b3ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 91%; line-height: 19px;">" How to be an Ancient Egyptian in 13 easy stages"( Scoular Anderson )

By Lydia Ng
Mummification process

1.Clean the dead body. 2.Take of the organs out but not the heart. 3.Wash the organs and put them into different canopic jars. 4.Use natron salt to cover the body. 5.Let the body dry for 40 days. 6.Put on a mask. 7.Warp the dead body. 8.Put it into a decorated coffin.

By Anthony Leung

Mummification process

1. Clean the body by using the water in Nile Riber 2. Remove the brain by using the tolls 3.Have a small cut the body at the left hand side 4.Get out the lungs,liver,stomach and intestines 5.Make the canopic jars by using the organs 6.Started to warp the mummy 7.Put the amulets on the mummy 8.Put the mummy into the coffin From [] By Alvin