What do you know about mummification?

The ancient Egyptians buried their dead in small pits in the desert. Later they started burying their dead in coffins to protect them from wild animals in the desert, which decayed when they were not exposed to the hot, dry sand of the desert.

Later on, they developed a method of preserving bodies, so that they would remain life like. The process included embalming, as the body was wrapped in strips of linen. This process is called mummification.

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