FACTS ABOUT MUMMIES
Added on: 10th Nov 2016
ACCORDING TO EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY, THE GOD
OSIRIS WAS THE VERY FIRST MUMMY IN HISTORY
BUT OF COURSE, HIS REMAINS WERE NEVER FOUND
THAT’S WHY AFTER THE MUMMY WAS ALL WRAPPED
UP IN LINEN AND SHROUDED, A SPECIAL CLOTH
WITH A PAINTED IMAGE OF OSIRIS WAS PLACED
OVER IT. THE EGYPTIAN GOD OF THE UNDERWORLD
WOULD BE KIND AND HOSPITABLE TO THE DEAD
MANY PEOPLE FALSELY BELIEVE THAT ONLY
PHARAOHS WERE MUMMIFIED BUT IN REALITY
ANYONE COULD BE MUMMIFIED, AS LONG AS
THEY COULD AFFORD IT
ANCIENT EGYPTIANS BELIEVED THAT ANYTHING
BURIED IN THE TOMB WITH A MUMMY WOULD HELP
THE DECEASED TO SUCCEED IN THE AFTERLIFE.
THEREFORE, ANYTHING PRECIOUS TO THEM COULD
ALSO BE FOUND THERE. THIS INCLUDED ART,
ARTEFACTS, TREASURES AND JEWELLERY
TO PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM THIEVES, ANCIENT
EGYPTIAN MYTH WARNED THAT THE TOMBS AND
THEIR CONTENTS HAD CURSES LAID ON THEM THAT
WOULD BE CAST ON ANYONE WHO ENTERED.
SOME ARCHAEOLOGISTS WHO DISCOVERED
SOME OF THESE TOMBS HAVE BEEN SAID TO BE
STRUCK BY VERY BAD LUCK AND SOME HAVE
EVEN DIED UNDER UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES.
HOWEVER, THESE CURSES DIDN’T STOP SEVERAL
THIEVES FROM INVADING TOMBS AND STEALING
A LOT OF PRECIOUS JEWELLERY AND OTHER
EXPENSIVE ITEMS THAT “ACCOMPANIED”
MUMMIES INTO THE AFTERLIFE
ALSO IN THE VICTORIAN AGE, UNWRAPPING MUMMIES
WAS A POPULAR PARTY EVENT. THE PARTY HOST
WOULD BUY A MUMMY AND GUESTS WOULD GET
TO UNWRAP IT. A VERY STRANGE WAY TO PARTY
IN VICTORIAN TIMES, MUMMIES WERE CONSIDERED
A COMMON INGREDIENT FOR MANY MEDICINES
AND MOST DOCTORS REASSURED THEIR PATIENTS
OF THEIR AMAZING HEALING QUALITIES
RAMSES III HAD A FEAR OF REPTILES AND FOR THIS
REASON HIS MUMMY WAS FOUND WEARING AN
AMULET THAT WOULD SUPPOSEDLY PROTECT HIM
FROM SNAKES IN THE AFTERLIFE
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