Part one of term paper
In Ancient Egypt when a person died his body was embalmed and made into a mummy. The ancient Egyptians believed that a person's spirit and soul continued to live after death and that it returned to its tomb to visit. For this reason it was very important to save the body in as good shape as possible. Mummies have been known to last for thous ...

Part two of term paper
... in its place. Much later, it was taken out and a scarab was put in its place. Natron was used to embalm everything. Even small bundles of rags sere soaked in natron and stuffed into the body. The outside of the body was alson covered with natron. The eyes sere stuffed linen cloth and closed. Beeswax was put into the nose. The arms were crossed and nails were painted in gold. All king of jewels were put on the mummy. Then it was carefully wrapped in strips of linen. Twenty layers of linen strips ...