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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

Mummy

 

 

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

Osiris

 

 

MANY PEOPLE FALSELY BELIEVE THAT ONLY

PHARAOHS WERE MUMMIFIED BUT IN REALITY

ANYONE COULD BE MUMMIFIED, AS LONG AS

THEY COULD AFFORD IT

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

Jewelry

 

 

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

pyramid

 

 

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

Victorian gathering

 

 

IN VICTORIAN TIMES, MUMMIES WERE CONSIDERED

A COMMON INGREDIENT FOR MANY MEDICINES

AND MOST DOCTORS REASSURED THEIR PATIENTS

OF THEIR AMAZING HEALING QUALITIES

Victorian bottles

 

 

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

Ramses III

 


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