Within the exhibit are X-rays and CT scans of certain mummies.

The Ancient Egyptian Mummies exhibit includes coffins, mummies, funeral masks, and portraits used for burial of ancient Egyptians. The British Museum has the most Egyptian artifacts outside of Egypt, which include real mummies. Place in a sarcophagus (a type of box like a coffin)Īncient Egyptian Mummies at the British Museum Rinse inside of body with wine and spicesĬover the corpse with natron (salt) for 70 daysĪfter 40 days stuff the body with linen or sand to give it a more human shapeĪfter the 70 days wrap the body from head to toe in bandages Place the lungs, intestines, stomach and liver inside canopic jars Make a cut on the left side of the body near the tummy

Insert a hook through a hole near the nose and pull out part of the brain Ī step by step process of mummification according to the website is the following: According to a guide to Egyptian mummification, a chief embalmer who was closely involved with the process was a priest wearing a mask of Anubis. Mummification was mainly done for wealthy people and royalty. Attributed toBy InSapphoWeTrust from Los Angeles, California, USA (Natural Mummy, British Museum), via Wikimedia Commons - Link Creation of Ancient Egyptian Mummies

Natron salt mummification