Mummification and Embalming

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Mummification and Embalming
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Todays Warm-Up

• Take out your Walk Like an Egyptian drawing and
  put it on your desk.
• Write your name, date, and period number in the
  lower right hand corner.
• For the first few minutes, we will present
  drawings to the class.

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Mummification

• Write down key terms in yellow. Add them to your
  Walk Like an Egyptian Notes from yesterday!!!!
• Embalming the art and science temporarily
  preserving remains to put off decomposition.
• The Egyptians used embalming to preserve kings
  and queens for the afterlife.
• They were one of the first civilizations to
  develop embalming.
• Mummification embalmment and drying a dead body

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Mummification cont.

• Egyptians used mummification because they wanted
  to preserve the body for the afterlife.
• They believed that preservation of the mummy
  empowered the soul after death, which would
  return to the preserved corpse.
• Mummification was a long process that involved
  removing internal organs, drying out the body,
  and anointed with oils and perfumes.

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Embalming Practices Today

• Today, embalmers preserve bodies so they are
  presentable for funeral services.
• When getting a body ready for preservation, the
  embalmer replaces the blood and fluids with
  formaldehyde and dyes. Formaldehyde is also
  poured into the body cavity.
• Body Works A traveling exhibit showing preserved
  human bodies and body parts.
• Notable Embalmings
• Abraham Lincoln
• Rosalia Lombardo
• http//www.who2.com/oddlypreserved.html

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Cryonics

• Cryonics the low temperature preservation of
  humans and other animals.
• Cryonics in todays culture
• Ted Williams and Alcor
• Walt Disney
• TV
• Fry in Futurama
• Movies
• Austin Powers