How did the ancient egypt make mummies?

Ancient Egypt’s first mummies were made by nature: when someone died, that person was simply buried in a pit in the desert sand, with objects to aid them in the afterlife. The bodies were thus preserved, because desert sand was hot and dry. read more

It was very important to ancient Egyptian religious beliefs that the human body was preserved. A method of artificial preservation, called mummification was developed by the ancient Egyptians. Mummification was a complicated and lengthy process which lasted up to 70 days. read more

The process of mummification is the process (embalming and wrapping) by which a body was preserved and prepared for burial. The ancient Egyptians mummified their dead because they believed that the physical body would be important in the next life. Thus, preserving the body in as lifelike a way as possible was the goal of mummification. The early burials in ancient Egypt consist of holes dug in the sand. read more