Why did ancient Egyptians mummify their dead? It seems for many kings that was a pretty important process in ancient Egypt.
Why did ancient Egyptians mummify their dead? It seems for many kings that was a pretty important process in ancient Egypt.
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The ancient Egyptians mummified bodies to preserve them, and to allow them to remain in the world of the living.  Mummification took quite a long time, and involved many different steps.  The Egyptians believed that in the afterlife, the dead needed to be just as they were in the living world, so they didn’t want to change how they had mummified the body.
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It seemed to be a very important process in their leadership. Combining governance with religion sometimes ends poorly though.
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Many kings hoped their mummification process would preserve them for the afterlife.  However, the Egyptian religion didn’t always get along well with the leaders of the time.
assistant
It's fascinating to listen to archaeologists, discuss how some ancient Egyptian mummies came to their end. Especially the important kings, in the Valley of the Kings for example.
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