Mummies!

Mummies!

Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?

What was a mummy?

A person or animal that has died.

They are then given a special treatment that preserves their body for a long time.

Not everybody who died in Egypt was mummified.

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Mummies are:

• The preserved bodies of dead people and animals

• The same as Daddies

• From London

Who became a mummy?

Only very important people, like the Pharoah, became a mummy.

The Pharoah was the king of all Egypt.

Sometimes, the Pharoah's pets or slaves were mummified too.

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Who got to be a mummy?

• Everyone

• Only important people

• Teachers

When were mummies made?

The ancient Egyptians started making mummies at around 2600 BC. That's over 4500 years ago!

The Egyptian's kept making mummies for around 3000 years.

The most famous mummies were from 1570–1075 B.C.

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What was the name of the famous mummy and Pharoah on the last page?

• Two Tonne Car Man

• Tutankhamun

• Big Gold Mask Man

Where can we find mummies?

The ancient Egyptians buried mummies in two special places.

The pyramids were first. But these kept getting plundered by 'grave robbers'

Later, the Egyptians created the Valley of the Kings, with secret tombs for mummies.

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What is the name of the first resting place for Egyptian mummies?

• Pyramids

• Cylinders

• Spheres

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The second resting place for Egyptian mummies was:

• The Valley of The Queens

• The Mountain of the Kings

• The Valley of The Kings

How was a mummy made?

https://youtu.be/-MQ5dL9cQX0

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What did the Egyptians use to dry out the bodies?

• Sugar

• Flour

• Salt

Canopic Jars

During the mummification process the organs of the human body were removed and preserved.

The persons liver, intestines (guts), lungs and stomach were placed in canopic jars.

The heart was left inside the body because the Egyptians believed that in the afterlife it would be weighed to see whether the person had led a good life.

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Which part of the body was almost always left inside?

• Lungs

• Stomach

• Heart

Why did the Egyptians make mummies?

The Egyptians believed in a second life after death.

They believed that people need to keep their body in case they ever returned.

People were also buried with all their money to use in the afterlife and just in case they came back.

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TRUE OR FALSE: Ancient Egyptian mummies were buried with all their money.

• True

• False