English 7
Mike Martinescu
Wednesday, December 12, 2001

How to Mummify Dead Bodies

You need: Wire (x1); Linen; Jars; Beeswax (x2); Sweet, oil-scented linen; Natron; Resin, sawdust, or linen; Onions or white painted stones (x2).

1. All internal organs must be removed except the heart
2. Organs, should be mummified and put in jars near the coffin<
3. Brain, useless, should be taken out by the nose with a wire
4. Clean the mouth with sweet, oil-scented linen
5. Body should be packed and covered with Natron and leave to dry
6. After 40 to 50 days, body liquids should have been absorbed by the Natron : only skin, hair and bones should be left
7. Stuff the body with resin, sawdust, or linen to reform the forms dead body
8. Then sew the body
9. Put onions or painted white stone into the eyes sockets

10. Put beeswax in the nostrils
11. Fill the space where the organs once where with spice and herb
12. Body should be tightly wrapped in linen and then put in a burial sheet and finally, put it in the coffin