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Usually during mummification, all organs except the heart were removed
They covered the body in salt till all moisture was eliminated
Prefumed oils and plants were rubbed on the body
Linean was wrapped around the body
They would wrap the mummy onto a wood board
A pouch would be put on the chest
They mummified a bird with him
symbols of protection and rebirth were put on the mummy
The nile shaped life for eygyptians
communities only existed along the Nile
they were buried with things that meant something to them in life
Old Kingdom 2649- 2152 BCE
Middle Kingdom 2040- 1640 BCE
New Kingdom 1550- 1070 BCE

Old Kingdom
Divine Kingship
Pyramids
Rah was God of sun and creation

Middle Kingdom
New ruler was from Nubia down south
Oman and rah formed into one God

New Kingdom
Ahmosis was ruler
Hasheptsut ruled for 22 years
King tut married his sister
King tut died before adulthood
found his body in 1922
died of a infected broken leg or malaria