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The Mystery of Mummies (Dr. Bob Brier, Ancient Egypt)

Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World

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The Origins of the Mummy

When did they start and stop making mummies? Well, it's an interesting question because you asked when they were making mummies. And mummies in prehistoric times, but they weren't being made by people. In the earliest times in Egyptian history, the bodies were often just buried in the sand. So this may have been given the rise to the belief in life after death.

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