The Beautiful
House
Don’t let the name fool you,
usually the Beautiful House was a
tent!
Why make a Mummy?
• Body preserved in a
special way.
• Egyptians believed
in an afterlife, where
they would live on
forever.
• Believed the body
was essential to get
into the next world.
Who was made into Mummies?
• When the Egyptians
first began to make
Mummies, the rich
and powerful were
only made into
Mummies.
• As the centuries
went on, many more
people were
Mummified.
How to make a Mummy!
• Firstly, the body
was washed all
over. This was so
the body could
wash away
anything “impure”
from coming with
it into the next
life.
How to make a Mummy!
• Next, the brain was
removed. There
were a few ways to
do this, but the
most popular one
was with a hook,
out through the
nose!
How to make a Mummy!
• Next, a long cut was
made down along the
left side of the body.
Here all of the organs
(Stomach, lungs,
intestines, and liver) are
removed.
• All these organs were
stored in special
Canopic Jars.
• The Heart is the only
organ left in the
Mummy.
How to make a Mummy!
• The body is then left in
a large pile of natron (A
kind of salt) for 40
days. This dried up the
body, and took away
almost all of the
moisture.
• This is why Mummies
lasted so long.
How to make a Mummy!
• At this stage, the
Mummy doesn’t really
look like how it did in
life.
• The skin is softened
with oils and make up
put on.
• To restore the body to
the proper shape, the
embalmers stuff it with
rags and sawdust.
How to make a Mummy!
• At last the Mummy
was ready to be
wrapped.
• The Mummy was
wrapped in about 20
layers of linen.
• Finally, the
bandages were
glued together.
A Pharaoh Funeral.
• At the Funeral of
the Pharaoh,
almost the entire
country attended.
• Gifts, ornaments,
clothes, food,
flowers, perfume,
wine, books,
thrones,
chariots… You
name it, it went in
the tomb with the
Pharaoh!