The process of Egyptian mummification was to preserve the body for its next adventure, the after life. All of the internal organs were removed first. The ancient Egyptians used metal knives like copper and bronze.Through the nostrils the brains were taken out with metal hooks. The brain was thought as unimportant and had served no purpose in their life, so it was tossed out. Though four organs were important to the ancient Egyptians and were crammed in canopic jars. The jars represented the four sons of Horus and they were, Imseti, Duamutef, Hapi, and Qebsenuef. The Imseti jar stored the liver and the Duamutef which is the famous jackal, contained the stomach. The other two, Hapi the baboon held the lungs and Qebsenuef the falcon kept the intestines.
The abdomen would be removed from the body. After removing it, the giant hole from the missing abdomen is then washed with palm wine and grinded spices. Later the hole is filled with many things like crushed myrrh. When the body is stuffed it is then sewn up and put in natron, which is like salt. Natron was a mixture of chemicals with sodium and was found in salt fields in Wadi Natrun. The natron would set on the body for many days, possibly more than fifty days. The natron was used to dry out the body's moisture. When you got a dry mummy you oil it up. They used perfume and plant oil to rub over the mummy's body. Then they would apply a thick glue of restine. The linen wrappings would cover the entire mummy to head to toe. Sometimes if the mummy was lucky he/she would get tresures wrapped inside its wrappings. The linen decorated mummy would be placed on a board to be wrapped again.
Depending on the person the mummy could get a golden coffin or be painted on its mummy wrappings. Some mummys even get a painted portrait and most probably got robbed.
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