How Long Did it Take to Mummify a Pharaoh? The preservation of the body was an essential part of ancient Egyptian funerary belief and practice. The burial customs began with wrapping the body either in a mat or animal skin to prevent direct contact with the sand and to hold the parts of the […]
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Published on July 05, 2019 02:48