Mummies

Mummies

By: Tejaswini

What is mummifying a person?

A person can get mummified in two ways. In a natural way and a man-made way. The natural way is when the dead body is at the right place at the time, it will naturally become a mummy! When humans make it, it takes 70 days. Let me tell you about the steps in the next slide.

How do workers make mummies?

First, they remove organs, like the lungs and liver. Next, they take out the brain from the nose with a hook. After that, they wash the body and cover it with salt. Then, they leave to dry for 40 days. The workers then rub the body with scented oils. Then, they wrap the body with white linen.

What other mummies do they make?

Workers don't just make human mummies, they make animal mummies too! Dogs, cats, crocodiles, monkeys, and birds! Egyptians thought cats were very special. Sometimes when a cat died, an entire family would mourn its death.

Are you ready for a quiz about what you learnt? Then, let's start!

Multiple Choice

Which animal did Egyptians think were special?

• Dogs

• Cats

• Snakes

• Birds

Multiple Choice

What is one step of mummification?

• Covering the body in honey
• Freezing the body
• Burying the body in sand
• Removing the internal organs

Multiple Choice

Which animals do Egyptians mummify?

• sheep, goats, cows, and horses
• fish, turtles, frogs, and insects
• snakes, scorpions, spiders, and lizards
• lions, tigers, bears, and elephants
• cats, dogs, birds, and crocodiles

Multiple Choice

How long do they leave the dead body to dry?

• 40 days

• 3 months

• 10 weeks

• 5 minutes

Multiple Choice

What is one way that a mummy is formed?

• Burial at sea
• Man Made

• Cremation
• Natural decomposition

Are you ready to answer some questions that you don't know about? Then, let's start!

Multiple Choice

Whose mummy is the oldest mummy found?

• Tutankhamun
• Cleopatra
• Ötzi
• Ramesses II

Multiple Select

Who found King Tutankhamun's tomb?

• Lord Carnarvon

• Howard Carter
• Tutankhamun's mother
• Tutankhamun's brother

Multiple Select

What languages did Egyptians speak?

• French
• Arabic
• Spanish
• Egyptian

Multiple Choice

Whose mummy is the most famous?

• Ramses II
• King Tutankhamun
• Cleopatra
• Nefertiti

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