NMC103H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: First Intermediate Period Of Egypt, Mudbrick, Natron
18 May 2016
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Ka second part of the person when the baby is conceived. Ideology: preserve body as the house for the soul. Liken deceased to the god osiris god of the underworld. Cut to pieces by seth reassembled by isis and nephthys. 1st mummy isis and nephthys goes around egypt to collect pieces and mummified to piece him together. 70 days of mummification approx. time from when the constellation orion is absent from the sky absence of orion osiris from sky. Secret event performed by specialists priests and guarded their secrets. Must have had a great knowledge about human body. Ritual of embalming apis bull sacred bull. But description is very detailed what materials used and how to apply it. Process likened to course of sun finished at sunset. Ok mummies often modeled body in linen only skeleton wrapped with linen. Placed in canopic jars identified with sons of horus. From mk onwards removal of brain metal hook.
