Mummies/Death 1.They believed when a person died they began a new life as a spirit. 2.Spirit leaves tomb to recieve gifts from family; returns so body lives on. 3.Must recognize its body, so preserved body. 4.Embalmers would remove organs and preserve them. 5.The heart stayed in the body. 6.They covered the body with natron. 7.The whole process took almost 70 days. 8.Pharaohs were treated specially. 9.Not all mummies were made in Egypt. 10.They had many ceremonies for a pharaohs death. 11.The book of the dead had over 200 spells in it. 12.They open the mummy's mouth so it can speak in the afterlife. 13.Food was left for the spirit. 14.They put a charm over the hole in the mummy's body.