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Did the mummification process work? explain.​

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Yes it did.

Step-by-step explanation:

The process of removing all liquid from a body and using salt to preserve it kept a body from decaying for a very long time.

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This is the step-by-step process of how mummification took place:

Insert a hook through a hole near the nose and pull out part of the brain

Make a cut on the left side of the body near the tummy

Remove all internal organs

Let the internal organs dry

Place the lungs, intestines, stomach and liver inside canopic jars

Place the heart back inside the body

Rinse inside of body with wine and spices

Cover the corpse with natron (salt) for 70 days

After 40 days stuff the body with linen or sand to give it a more human shape

After the 70 days wrap the body from head to toe in bandages

Place in a sarcophagus (a type of box like a coffin)

Step-by-step explanation:

it help preserve the body

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