Question

How did mummification take place?

Answer 1

1. The Egyptians believed in life after death.
2. Therefore they preserved the dead body.
3. The art of preserving the body was called mummification.
4. The Egyptians preserved the dead bodies using Natron salt, a combination of sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate.
5. This preservation process was called mummification.
6. After 40 days, when salt absorbed all the moisture, the body was filled with saw dust and wrapped with strips of linen cloth, and was covered with fabric.
7. The body was stored in a stone coffin called a sarcophagus.