Mummification

Mummification

Science, Society, & Religion

Multiple Choice

What did the process of mummification teach the Egyptians?

• human anatomy, surgery, and science

• astronomy and math

Multiple Choice

Why was preserving the body so important in ancient Egyptian culture?

• Disease would spread if their bodies decomposed.

• No one knows the real reasons.

• They believed they returned to their bodies in the afterlife.

• They believed their bodies were a tribute to god.

Multiple Choice

In order to overcome death, Egyptians believed that they needed to

• pay tribute to the Pharaoh in gold and grain.

• preserve their bodies in the afterlife .

• burn their bodies in the temple to become smoke.

• have their bodies buried beside the Nile.

Open Ended

What Egyptian practice does this image show and how did it contribute to advancements in the field of science?