Does anyone know about mummies and why they take the intestines out of them?

Question

because i have a social studies project due tomorrow!!!

Answer 1

Mummies were dried out and soft tissues removed to prevent decay of the body.  Egyptians believed that the body had to be whole and preserved to make it into the afterlife.  So the major organs were removed and put in jars containing a solution that would preserve them.  The body was then stuffed with a mixture of salt & sand and buried in the sand for 40 days, getting rid of the moisture.  Once that was done, they wrapped it up bejweled it if they could and put in in a tomb.

BUt if its a project; visit the library for some hard sources.  Teachers don't take yahoo answers or Wikopedia.

Answer 2

The intestines, stomach, lungs, and liver were removed from most Egyptian artificial mummies because they tend to contain the most water and also are the most difficult to preserve.  Leaving them in place could make the artificial mummification process far more difficult, especially as these organs are among the first to begin decomposing in the body.  

They were preserved separately from the body and usually placed in their own containers - often canopic jars, occasionally other types of containers, and in a few rare cases wrapped and replaced in the body.

Answer 3

They took them out and preserved them in natron (like a baking soda solution) placing them in canopic jars found near the body.  This was done so they were able to mummify the body properly letting the deceased have everything intact for the afterlife.

Answer 4

The organs were removed because the embalmers had no method to keep them from decaying.

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