The Importance Of Mummies

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Do you really know about mummies? Mummies were one of the most important things in the ancient time. There are many incredible steps to make a mummy. All of the steps to make a mummy are important and if you miss a step the mummy would not come out how it’s supposed to. Mummies are amazing, important, and weird. How to Make a Mummy This is how a mummy is made. Step one, wash the body with water from the Nile river. After the body has been washed make a cut in the side of the tummy. Take all the organs out of the body and put a hook inside the nose to take out the brain be careful not to leave any part of the brain inside the body. They took out the brain because they thought the brain was not that important and that they would not need the brain in the after life. Step two, clean the lungs, intestine, stomach, and the liver. Put them in four different canopic jars. Leave the heart inside the body. They left the heart inside the body because they thought the heart was the …show more content…

This curse has been found in many mummies tombs and in the tombs that were built before the pyramids were. A curse in King Tut's tomb had a writing that said “ Death shall came on swift wings to him who disturbs the peace of the king.” Almost everyone who has visit a tomb whom had visit a mummies tomb got sick and died. This curse scared people from styling any tomb.every got so scare and thought it curse. That’s when people started to call this the mummy curse.
Mummies are pretty interesting. They have many weird things. They were very important and are still important. They were a big part of egyptians. How they were made was really weird, and gross. The mummy curse is scary. Do you imagine getting curse by someone? Mummification was pretty hard for the people doing the

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