3. History of Mummy
The first mummy was created in Egypt. The
Egyptians started making wooden tombs
and 'mummification' was developed to
make sure that the bodies would not decay
in the afterlife.
*mummification: saving the body by medicine
4. Types of Mummification
Anthropogenic Mummification were created
for religious purposes.
Spontaneous Mummification were created
due to natural conditions.
5. Mummification
Announcement of Death
Shelve the Body
Remove the Brain
Remove the Internal Organs
Drying Out Process
Wrapping the Body
Final Procession
* Shelve: stay unnecessarily long
6.
7. Famous Mummy
Ginger
the most famous of six naturally mummified
bodies excavated in the Egyptian desert. It
went on display at the British Museum in
1901
* excavated: to dig
8.
King Tutankhamen
Ancient Egypt’s “boy king” became pharaoh
at the age of nine and ruled for
approximately 10 years, discovered in
Egypt.
*approximately: about, nearly