I had to get out of that tomb! I had to get away from those stupid guards of the Pharaoh. I don’t understand why the guards are chasing me, I haven't even taken anything! I can hear screams and shouts from the guards. I even think I hear my parents saying, “Go on ahead! Don’t let them catch you!’’ They had been captured.
I was too scared to argue, so I did as I was told. Not looking where I was going, I got lost. Great! Now how was I to get out of this fix! My parents were at the mercy of the guards, they had done nothing wrong. I’ll probably get trapped and die of starvation.
As I wandered the dark tunnels of the pyramid I heard a noise. AHHHHH! It was my parents! I hid behind the door and turned my head to a really gruesome sight. My parents were being mummified alive! I suddenly felt a cold hatred for the pharaoh and knew that somehow, I would get revenge!!!
I made the plans as quickly as I could. I would make a trap door in the tomb and call the guards after me. Then I would shut the door and have them trapped. It took me three nights to construct the trap. But when I was done the fun would begin!
“ Hey you!’’ I yelled to the guards. “Come and get me if you can!” Then I ran and they followed after me. Yes! They went into my trap. I quickly closed the door and locked it. I had my revenge and now all I had to do was get out of the pyramid. It was too easy. All I had to do was get past a single sleeping guard. I was free!!!
The End
The seven steps of mummification:
1: After the body had been washed with wine and spices, all of the parts that might decay were removed. The embalmers first removed the brain through the nose using a long hook. Next, they made a deep cut in the abdomen and took out the internal organs [the lungs the stomach, the liver, and the intestines.]
2: The body was stuffed with bundles of strong drying salt called natron. It was completely covered with natron and placed on a slanting embalming couch so that many fluids that dripped out as the body was drying could be collected and buried along with it.
3: While the body was drying, the internal organs were also dried and preserved with natron. They were then wrapped in strips of linen, and placed in a chest divided into four compartments. Each compartment had a lid with the face of the Pharaoh.
4: After 40 days the body, now completely dry and shrunken, was removed from the natron. The bundles of natron was taken from the inside the body cavity and the whole body was washed inside and out with fragrant spices.
5: The mummies head and body were packed with linen soaked in scented oil so that they would regain the shape they had in life. Once this was done, the mummy could be covered with necklaces, rings, and bracelets made of gold and gems.
6: The entire body was then covered with shrouds and bound with strips of lined until the mummy had returned to it’s original size. This was a complicated job and could take as long as a week. Small magical objects were placed between the layers of wrapping to protect the mummies spirit on it’s way to the afterlife.
7: After the wrapping was finished, the head of the mummy was covered with a portrait mask, just to make sure that the spirit would recognize it. The masked mummy was then placed in a series of gilded wooden coffins and put into a sarcophagus.
Which parts go in which conopic jars:
The lungs were placed in the jar representing the baboon headed god Hapi.
The intestines were put in the jar representing the falcon headed god Qebehsenuef.
The stomach was put in the jar representing the jackal headed god Duamutef.
The liver was placed in the jar representing the human headed god Imset.
Information on Egyptian kings and pharaohs:
The god of the gods: The Egyptians believed that the sky was the goddess Nut, stretching her body over the earth. In Egyptian mythology, Nut married Geb, the earth god, but Re was against the marriage and ordered their father, Shu, to push them apart. However, by this time Geb and Nut were already the parents of the stars and the Four Great Dieties.
The Divine Stars: The northern stars were always visible, so they were named “The Imperishable Ones.’’
The Sacred Sky: The sky heirogliphs shows the heavens as a solid ceiling, and was often used above doorways.
Holy Cow: The cow, was the sacred animal of the goddess Hathor, the queen of heaven.
How The Egyptian Calender Worked: The Egyptian week had ten days. Three weeks made a month and twelve months a year. There were 5 holy days at the end of the year making 365 days in all.
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