U4 - LC - Mummification

Match

Vocabulary Check! Try to match the term to the correct definition​.

• The ancient Egyptian process of preserving the body after death

• The natural process of the body breaking down

• A special salt used to dry out a body

• A stone coffin where a mummy was placed

• Keeping something safe from decay

Mummification

Decomposition

Natron

Sarcophagus

Preservation

• Mummification

• Decomposition

• Natron

• Sarcophagus

• Preservation

Open Ended

Summarize the process of mummification

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Open Ended

Pick two questions to answer using the video. Include the question number and letter of your answer.​

1.What is the purpose of the book of the dead?

a.to tell stories

b.to record daily events

c.to help attain immortality

2.What organ is left in Ani's body during mummification?

a.the heart

b.the brain

c.the lungs

3.What happens if Ani's heart is heavier than the feather?

a.He becomes a god

b.He is devoured by Ammit

c.He can return to the world of the living

Open Ended

Why do you think the Egyptians valued mummification?

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