TBC- Mummy

Time Squad Report

A FORGOTTEN TOMB

Mummified Body

Description:

This mummy is the body of a young man so is smaller than the average size of 173 cm by 5.67 cm.  
This body is preserved so that it is ready hold the person once he comes back to life.

1. A hook was inserted up the nose to pull out the brain.
2. A cut was made in the left side of the body near the tummy.
3. All the organs were removed and left to dry.
4. The lungs, intestines, stomach and liver were placed in canopic jars.
5. The heart was placed back in the body.
6. Rinse inside of the body with wine and spices
7. Cover the corpse with natron (salt) for 70 days
8. After 40 days stuff the body with linen or sand to give it a more human shape
9. After the 70 days wrap the body from head to toe in bandages
10. Place it in a sarcophagus (a type of box like a coffin)

The Egyptians believed that if the Pharaoh’s body could be mummified that after death the
Pharaoh would live forever.