Q&A: Why was it important to the Ancient Egyptians to mummify the corpses?

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ancient egypt: Mummification Mummification. In ancient Egypt when a person died it was important that the ... is this: the embalmers wash the abdomen with a purge, mummify the corpse ...
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Background Information - Ancient Egypt The Ancient Egyptians developed a complex method of preserving a corpse called mummification. The main reason why Ancient Egyptians took such pains to ...
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Mummification Ancient Egyptians are perhaps the best-known mummy-makers, ... winds and blazing hot sand occasionally dried corpses out quickly enough to mummify them. ...
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Mummification in Ancient Egypt Below: the blackened corpse purified by streams of water ... Mummification symbolizes the fear the ancient Egyptians had of death and answers their eager ...
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