10 Steps of Mummification

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1. Wear the mask of Anubis and chant the spells from the 'Book of the Dead'.

2. Wash the dead body with palm wine or water

3. Use a long hook to pull out the brain from the left nostril

4. Cut the left side of the stomach open and remove the liver, lungs, intestines and stomach. DO NOT remove the heart.

5. Cover the organs with natron to absorb the moisture. Rub the dried organs with oils and wrap them with linen bandages. Push them into canopic jars. Make sure you put the organs in the right jar.

6. Cover the body with natron for 40 days to dry it out. Rub the dries skin with palm oils and ointments. Put perfumed linen into the stomach, then sew up the wound.

7. Place a magic charm over the stomach wound and a scarab over the heart. Wrap body in linen dipped in gum. Wrap every part separately.

8. Place a mask made from linen and glue over the person's head and shoulder.

9. Place the wrapped body in a body shaped coffin.

10. Tell reletives of mummy and the morning starts