Why did the ka have to be made a certain way?

• They thought that it had to be made certain way or else the ka could not live its after life.
• It needed all the normal things it needed in its life on earth.

How did the priests conserve the body?

• They put organs in the Canopic Jar except for the heart. They took the brain out through the nostrils of the nose.
• Then they put the body in a wood box and covered it in salt.
• Then after 40 days the priests put the body in oils and washed it off.
• Then they put several hundred yards of fabric on the body
• Last the oils put on earlier turn into a black substance similar to tar as it gets old and preserves the body. This is where the word mummy comes from.

What things were mummies buried with?

• Mummies were buried with all the things they need in their afterlife.
• They were buried with foods that they would need to eat.
• They were buried with their clothes that they wear.
• They were buried with riches that they had and games to keep them entertained in their afterlife.
• They were also buried with some of their servants that would be killed just to be with their master.

Images

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