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How did the mummy form?
To make a mummy, it is necessary to gut the corpse, fill the abdominal cavity with spices such as frankincense and cinnamon, cover the corpse with dry alkali after sewing, take it out after 35 days, wrap it in linen, fill it with spices and coat it with resin, and make a mummy.

The ancient Egyptians believed that people can be resurrected after death, and the resurrected soul needs the original body, so it is necessary to preserve the body for the afterlife of the deceased. The ancient Egyptians embalmed corpses from at least 3700 BC to 3500 BC.

Extended data mummy world release

China

There is a rectangular tomb of 14× 12 square meters somewhere in China, which contains the bones of 17 men and 24 women, and the bones here have no characteristics of sudden death. There are glacier tombs in the Andes in western South America, frozen tombs in Siberia, collective tombs and single tombs in China and Sumer, and tombs in Egypt. Mummies have been unearthed in northern high latitudes and South Africa. The deceased has been carefully treated and prepared for resurrection in the future; The body is equipped with what is necessary for new life; Moreover, all tombs are designed and built very firmly and can withstand thousands of years of ups and downs.

Mummies are often found in the desert areas of China and even in the ruins of ancient cities, the most famous of which is Loulan Beauty.

Egypt

1June, 954, another mausoleum was discovered in Sakala. There is a box containing jewels and gold jewelry in the tomb, which shows that the tomb has not been stolen. The coffin has no lid. Instead, it can be closed with a sliding lever. On June 9, Dr. Gorham solemnly opened the coffin, and there was nothing in it. The mummy disappeared quietly, without her own treasure.