10 things you might not know about mummies
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10 Things You Might Not Know About
MUMMIES1During embalming, the heart o the mummy is letintact, so the persons goodness can be judged inhe aterlie. The heart was considered the central
rgan o a mans moral lie In ancient Egypt.
2The brain o an embalmed mummy was re-moved by breaking the bones in the nosend pulling the brain out through the nasal
avity with a hook. The brain was thrown away
ecause it was not considered important.
3Red shroud mummies signifed
people o noble birth during the Ro-
man period. The mummies linen wrap-
ings were inused with a red pigment. Red
hroud mummies are extremely rare; ewer
han a dozen still exist.
4During the Roman occupation oEgypt it became ashionable or theeceased to have a likeness o themselves
ttached to the outside o their cofn. In
887 a cache o more than 80 o these por-raits was ound by the amous Flinders Petrie
n Hawara, Egypt.
5In the Victorian era, Pre-Raphaelite paint-ers used mummy brown paint, whichontained actual mummy dustground up
emains o real Egyptian mummies, both human
nd eline.
6A ashionable social event in Victorian Eng-land was a Mummy unwrapping party. This
was oten was oten conducted by candlelight and
ollowed by a midnight champagne supper or the
uests.
7Mummy mania in Victorian times includeda novel by Bram Stoker the author Dracula.is mummy-themed novel, THE JEWEL OF THE SEVEN
TARS, written in 1903, is about the dangers o wak-
ng up a mummy. The ending was changed in reprintsecause the publishers ound it too violent.
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Amulets and scarabs were wrapped into the b
dages o a mummy to protect it in aterlie. Cerrare stones were considered more powerul than oth
based on their color. The deep blue o lapis lazuli
particularly avored by the Ancient Egyptians - the c
represented royalty. Turquoise represented joy,
pleasure - the amous burial mask o Kind Tut
inlaid with lapis and turquoise.
9Wealthy people who could aord exsive burial rites had their organs in canopic jars made o alabaster and oprecious stones. People, who could not a
that luxury had their organs mummifed
put back in the body.
Many cultures have delibera
mummifed human remains. In
jaing China there are over 1000 mummies
cluding one o the tallest ever ound a six
six inch male Caucasian.
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Te oldest mummy in the world is 5000 years old (naturally preserved)
and can be seen in the British Museum in London.
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