
How were people mummified?
Brains On! Science podcast for kids
What Is Mummification?
Christina Riggs is a professor of the history of visual culture at Durham University. She says mummification was only done for really important, powerful people like royalty. Everything that was done to the body was only seen by specially trained priests. The whole process took several months but it was important to the ancient Egyptians.
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