Tomb of Senneden, Luxor, Egypt. 19th. Dynasty 1290-1224 B.C.

The God Anubis is represented here embalming the body of the high
official Sennedjem. The term embalming (Senefer) means “to give
vitality again” and the embalming house (per nefer) means “the house
of vitality”. For the Egyptians, death was transitory and the
mummification allowed the deceased to be prepared for the trip to
the underworld and immortality. The process of mummification lasted
seventy days. First, the body had ritual washings, then, most of the
brain was taken out through an opening in the nose. The rest was
dissolved with aromatic products. The heart, lungs and viscera were
taken out and placed in four jars. The heart was replaced by one of
ceramic or stone. The body submerged for seventy days in dry natron
became incorruptible and finally it was washed, dried and bandaged
with fine linen at the same time that sacred formulas were chanted.

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