13 INFORMATIVE AND SUPER FACTS ABOUT MUMMIFICATION!
FACTS ABOUT MUMMIFICATION 1. Egyptians were practicing mummification for centuries. Mummification became a cultural component in death for Egyptians as early as 2800 BC. 2. It’s about body and soul. Mummification was performed in the ancient Egyptian times to help the body reunite with the soul. The Egyptians were true believers of the afterlife, and they believed that your spirit would only temporarily leave your body before returning to your body periodically. Therefore, they believed that the body needed to be intact for this, and thus the mummification process became popular. 3. It was an exclusive process! There were no restrictions on who could and could not be mummified. However, due to the drastically expensive procedure, only a limited few who could afford the process. 4. It’s actually named after wax! The word “mummy” comes from “mūm”, a Persian word meaning wax and the substance bitumen. 5. Mummification took a long tim...