![]() This is a transcript from the video series The Other Side of History: Daily Life in the Ancient World. Mummified the same way since the costs differed. Based on his writings, not all people were ![]() He wasĪ Greek historian who adored Egypt and wrote the 1000-year-old processes he How exactly did the process go? The Greek Story of the Egyptian ProcessĮgyptian mummification process is the historical writings of Herodotus. The West was where the sun would set and the supposed home of the dead. When an Egyptian died, the dead body was transferred to the embalmers on the west bank of Nile. The Egyptian word for a mummy was sah, meaning ‘nobility’ or ‘dignity’. Bitumen is a black tarry substance that was mistakenly believed to have been used for mummification. The word ‘mummy’ is derived from the Arabic word mümiya, meaning ‘bitumen’ or ‘something made of bitumen’. Thus, mummifying became the way to deal with death. The idea came to ancient Egyptians when they saw dead bodies naturally preserved in hot sand. In ancient Egypt, mummies were preserved bodies for the return of the soul so that the dead could have a smooth afterlife experience. ![]() Some even had to start the afterlife without their inner organs, which was not the most pleasant situation, but inevitable! The mummification process in ancient Egypt depended on the person’s wealth but was performed anyway due to its significance in the afterlife. It was a lengthy and costly process, which was not equally performed for everyone. By Robert Garland P.h.D., Colgate University The mummification process in ancient Egypt was extremely important as it could help the dead have a nice life in the underworld.
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