mummification

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Ancient Egyptians mummified their dead. First they would remove the insides, such as the brain but not the heart. Afterwards they salted and dried the body. Then cloth was stuffed inside the body to keep its shape. The body was oiled and wrapped in lots of bandages. The reason that they wrapped it so tightly is because it stopped the body from rotting. A priest was in charge of the whole thing. Egyptians believed that a priest would send the spirit into the next world. The priest would also use special instruments when touching a part of the body. Mummies were placed in an ordinary, wooden case. Some people were put into specially decorated cases. But if you were an important someone you were placed into a stone coffin.