The process of artificially preserving a dead body is called "embalming," and the methods used are as varied as the cultures themselves. Egyptians: the masters of mummification Ancient Egyptians ...

Dr Joann Fletcher visits an Italian museum in Turin to examine the process of mummification. She outlines some of the important stages, including the removal of the brain and organs and the use of ...

Thus the process of mummification was extremely revered. What is mummification? The process of mummification involved preserving a dead body by deliberately drying or embalming flesh. It was done ...

Of course, the bodies of the poor didn't get such royal treatment, and techniques of mummification varied over the 3,000 years it was practiced. In this audio slide show, Egyptologist Salima Ikram ...

The mummification process took seventy days to complete. It involved lots of different stages, including rubbing the body with oils and wrapping it in linen. But why did they go to all that effort?