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The Mummification Process in Ancient EgyptOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
This thesis attempts to represent a vital image of the ancient Egyptian life through the analysis of the mummies as an indicator of this life.
The thesis resulted that some points have been revealed:
A- Why the mummification process is considered the most important for the ancient Egyptians?
The preservation of the body was a vital part of ancient Egyptian funerary practice,to the body that the ka would return for sustenance. If the body decayed or was unrecognizable the kawould go hungry, and so its after-life would be in jeopardy. Mummification was thus dedicated to the preservation of the body.
This concept made the ancient Egyptians take care of all objects that have related with the after life. They spent a lot of time preparing for the eternity. The most important thing for their eternity was mummification.
B- Examination of ancient Egyptian mummies:
The mummy collection in the Egyptian museum was first studied from the anatomic view point by Maspero and Smith. But the Radiographic survey of the ancient pharaohs, priests, nobles and queens provides for the first time a view of mummies never unwrapped. The face is revealed; magic amulets of gold and semiprecious stones appear beneath the resin-covered wrappings; disease, old healed fractures and even the age at death are still evident in the bones.
The results of examination of mummies are of considerable importance both for Egyptology and medical history. The x-rays of the mummies have shed light on the various diseases from which Egypt’s rulers suffered and have provided much better picture of ancient medical and dental problem than texts alone could give.
Through x-rays, even information on cultural practices was revealed. It was found that circumcision thought to be universal, did not always occur. Statuettes and other religious symbols and jewelry were discovered inside bodies.
C- Mummies as reference to ancient Egyptian diet:
Analytical investigations of Egyptian mummies confirm atherosclerosis, particularly in the mummies of priests and their families. A possible link between this disease incidence and the diet of the priests is investigated.
Twenty-two mummies belonging to persons of high social status had been examined. In sixteen of these mummies vascular disease could be identified. The explanation for these findings can almost certainly be found in the diet rich in saturated fat that was habitually associated with elite sections of the society, in contrast to the largely vegetarian food eaten by the general population.
Tape worm is commonly found in pork. Pork’s meat is known to have been a staple source of protein for the poor. It was found in some mummies as that of Nakht.
Examination of Egyptian mummies has shown that many pharaohs suffered from caries and abscesses of the jaw suggesting that diet in ancient Egypt was avoiding high sugar and possibly carbohydrates. Cereals from flour were, literally, stone ground even for the pharaohs, and this technique inevitably incorporates small fragments of stone in the flour, the coarser diet also made attrition. Various schemes have been produced for assigning age ranges to the wear patterns formed on the molar teeth in adults. The nature of Ancient Egyptian Diet affects the attrition rates.