All About Mummification

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All About Mummification

• By Patrick and Nate
• November, 2004

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This slide show presentation will discuss the
following three aspects.

• Why mummification was done.
• Who was mummified.
• How mummification was done.

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Why Mummification Was Done

• Belief in afterlife.
• The Egyptians thought in the eternal life you
  would live forever
• To have the Egyptians come alive and roam in the
  after life .

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How Mummification Was Done

• They were buried with ushabits that did work for
  them in the after life.
• They would save up money so they could have a
  proper burial.
• The mummification process lasted 70 days!

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Who Was Mummified

• Everybody was mummified.
• Wealth determined type of mummification

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Interesting Facts

• Heiroglyphics
• Pharaohs

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Skills we gained by doing this project

• Teamwork
• Hands-on mummification project
• Knowledge about Ancient Egyptians and their
  burial process.

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References

• Thank to are references
• www.school history .org.uk/mummifcation.ktm
  British museum oct./ 20/ 04
• You wouldnt want to be an Egyptian mummy non
  fiction in the library. Bettendorf salariya book
  company
• Mummies of the pharaohs Bettendorf national
  geographic society

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The end

• Thank you for listening to this presentation