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WONDER QUESTION:
How were mummies made?
 * After a person died, their internal organs were removed and put in canopic jars.
 * Then the body had to be packed in niter, a kind of salt that is found on the banks of the Nile River that. This kept the flesh from decaying.
 * The next step was to embalm the body in oils and spices to preserve it. Then the body was wrapped in linen bandgges to keep it shaped and dry. Some things used were frankincense and myrrh, cloves and others.
 * Charms and amulets were often wrapped into the mummy`s gauze bandages to protect the dead person in the next world. The __Book of the Dead__ was often included in the sarcophagus as a guide into the spirit world.
 * A sarcophagus was made to hold and protect the mummy. A likeness or carving of the dead person was often caned on the lid where the face would be.
 * The Egyptians believed that there was an afterlife and buried items used in life with the mummy to use there. Some personal items that might be buried with the dead person could include: combs, food, clothes and even mummy cats and slaves.

Mummies of Ancient Egypt []

Now try your hand at making a mummy on Discovery Kids. If you are asked to sign in, use only your first name and first initial of your last name. Good luck! []
 * = After learning about the process of mummification, be an archeologist and identifying a mummy through the use of artifacts found in an Egyptian tomb. [] =