My Egyptian Mummification and Burial
A few weeks ago, I was a groovy Egyptian pharaoh, but today I pull up stakes fancy afterlife. I have already been through the processes of embalming and mummification.
First, I was thoroughly cleaned. Then I was taken to the wabet to be embalmed. My liver, lungs, stomach, and intestines were removed and lay in canopic jars. My brain was taken out with a thieve through my nose. I was soaked in natron salt for cardinal days and had my eyes replaced by onions.
It took fifteen days for them to desiccate me. I was wrapped in twenty layers of linen and bandages. resin glue was used to hold the bandages together, and once I was on the whole wrapped, I was wrapped in two large shrouds secured with linen strips. Amulets, sm every(prenominal) charms providing magical protection, were tucked into the bandages. A portrait mask, which looked roughly exactly manage me was placed over my head.
When I was brought to my tomb, virtually seventy days after I died, I see that it had been stocked with everything I would need for my afterlife. The tomb was lined with food, clothing, furniture, weapons, tools, and shabits. Hieroglyphics and pictures of the gods were all over the walls.
At my funeral, professional mourners were hired to wail loudly and give ashes on themselves. Priests burned incense and performed the opening of the mouth ceremony. The non-Christian priest touched my lips with symbolic tools to restore my senses and allow my soul to government issue to my body.
Now, I am entering the underworld where Anubis, the jackal- headed god of embalming will weigh my heart against the feather of truth. The result will be recorded by Thoth, the ibis- headed god of wisdom and writing. Ammut, the demon of the underworld, waits...
I like the details, and I can tell you put much military campaign on this. I think it would help if you explain terminology..just in case some one doesnt know what a canopy jar is.. (dont worry I do.) It is very well written. tidy solid opening, body and ending. WEll done.
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