Egypt Mummification
... to come up. Surprisingly a preparation interval of pharaoh’s barrow took dozens of years. So, I want to explain about making process of mummification. First and foremost, corps is washed and purification ceremony is held. Secondly, one’s side is cut to take out all the organs except heart. The heart is not removed because Egyptians believe that the heart is the root of life and one cannot revive without heart. Thirdly, the organs and the body are preserved with carbonated soda and wrapped linen cloth. Forth, the brain is removed by inserting a long rubber pipe into the nose and sucking the brain through the pipe. This is because Egyptian didn’t think a brain is important organ. Fifth, the body is sewn and surrounded with bandage about 20 levels. Exceptionally face is covered by golden mask as shown in picture_1. Last but not least, a funeral preparation in which they pray for well entering to dead person’s world is held. There was the mummy case which have beard on the mask, and the beard was a symbol of God and the king in the ancient Egypt. Picture_1 was the greatest Egyptian King of Tutankhamen’s mask. As seen in the picture, there is a long beard on the mask. Show how it relates to other materials in the course There is the thing we can know that the Orient letting a lot of interest in dead person’s world which deducted from Egypt’s mummification. In the case of the Inca Empire, they also made mummy but they used mummy to worship ancestors. Inca uses king’s mummy to ask solution to God when the nation is in danger. Contrary to Inc...