![]() ![]() ![]() Those that couldn’t afford embalming generally had their bodies ‘preserved’ through drying in hot desert sands or by covering them with resin. The rest of the body was then wrapped, often with the inclusion of amulets and with a mask placed over head of the mummy. The skin and first few layers of linen bandages were then covered with a resinous coating. After 40 days, the natron was removed from the skin and the body cavities were filled with linen, natron pouches, herbs, sawdust, sand or chopped straw. ![]() The body was then treated with natron (a carbonate salt collected from the edges of desert lakes) which acted as a drying agent, absorbing water from the body so as to prevent further decay. The heart, representing the centre of all knowledge and emotions, was usually left untouched inside the body while the brain was often thrown away. ![]()
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