Making Mummies
In the early Egyptian empire the dead would be buried in the desert sand and they were preserved amazingly well. When Egyptians later found these bodies that were so well preserved they came up with the idea of mummification. Instead of desert sand they used natron, which they got from the Wadi El Natron or Natron valley.
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Journal entry #1
Today is my first day as an Egyptian priest and I already messed up. My mentor was testing me and he asked me if i could help with mummification of the son of the Pharaoh. I immediately said yes jumping at the opportunity. But I did not have the proper training. I needed to wave the incense over the body and say prayers while the body is being wrapped I pulled that off flawlessly but I forgot one thing... the book of the dead! The most important thing the man can have in the afterlife and I forgot it. Now he will never know what to do in the afterlife. Today was a terrible first day and probably my last.
journal entry #2
I should have known better than to give that novice a chance to help with the mummification of someone. But it was the son of the Pharaoh! How will the king react when he finds out that his son never made it to the afterlife. That new guy should have just stayed to worshiping rituals. He has only been a priest one day and he messed up the possibly most important task as a priest that he will ever do. He has failed. I have failed. If anyone finds out, our days as priests and possibly living people are over.
how to make a mummy
You will be learning the process of mummification through the mummification Ramose.
Removal of the brain
removing the vital organs
drying out the body
Make-up
perfumes and preservation
Wrapping and sealing
how Egyptian religion influence daily life
Religion influenced Egyptian daily life because of the rulers. Many pharaohs where thought to be sons and daughters of the gods. The most common artifacts are art of gods and art of the Pharaoh and they are often together. Because the pharaohs were considered gods the decisions of pharaohs made influenced the daily life greatly because people would do what the pharaoh said. For example, building the pyramids took a lot of workers, many of which were volunteers because they were so devoted to their pharaoh. Another way religion affected daily life were the gods the pharaohs chose to worship. For example, Akhenaten, kings Tut's father, worshipped just the god Amun Ra (see Day 7). All the people loyal to the pharaoh, which was a lot of the population, also followed. Lastly, many jobs were centered around the pharaohs afterlife. For example, mummification, scribe, priest, tailor, and make-up. All these jobs are centered around the kings religion. To sum it up, religion was influential to daily life because of the rulers.