1.What is the relationship between mummification and the natural environment? Provide specific examples from what you read during the previous lesson (Monday, March 14)
Mummification can come about either in the natural environment- the definition of mummification is: the preservation of a corpse which has been preserved either by the natural environment or humans. In ancient Egypt there were many different mummies found in different tombs. The Egyptians preserved the body by wrapping it in many linen clothes, this of course was done by man. Around the world there has findings of mummies in muddy bogs, in the cold ice and in the hot desert.These are examples of mummification in the natural environment. Otzi was a mummy that we learned about in the beginning of the year, he was found in the ice. His body was preserved by the cold and the ice. Scientists are now learning about the people back then. Mummies are a great primary resource, they are able to show us what they eat, what their lifestyle was like and much more!
2. What are some of the reasons,mummies have been made?
Mummies were not only man made, some of the mummies were naturally mummified. The people who actually mummified the mummies want to give the dead person an afterlife. Afterlife was very important in many years ago, especially to the Egyptians. They not only wanted a peaceful afterlife but they wanted an abundant afterlife. Many times they would write on the wall what they wanted, kind of like a restaurant order. The Egyptian did not have a long life span, sometime the average life was only about 20 years. For a king that is a lot of years because usually they would start ruling at a very young age. The Egyptians want to preserve the bodies so that the king would have a abundant and peaceful afterlife, and so he would grant the people on earth a good harvest.
Mummification can come about either in the natural environment- the definition of mummification is: the preservation of a corpse which has been preserved either by the natural environment or humans. In ancient Egypt there were many different mummies found in different tombs. The Egyptians preserved the body by wrapping it in many linen clothes, this of course was done by man. Around the world there has findings of mummies in muddy bogs, in the cold ice and in the hot desert.These are examples of mummification in the natural environment. Otzi was a mummy that we learned about in the beginning of the year, he was found in the ice. His body was preserved by the cold and the ice. Scientists are now learning about the people back then. Mummies are a great primary resource, they are able to show us what they eat, what their lifestyle was like and much more!
2. What are some of the reasons,mummies have been made?
Mummies were not only man made, some of the mummies were naturally mummified. The people who actually mummified the mummies want to give the dead person an afterlife. Afterlife was very important in many years ago, especially to the Egyptians. They not only wanted a peaceful afterlife but they wanted an abundant afterlife. Many times they would write on the wall what they wanted, kind of like a restaurant order. The Egyptian did not have a long life span, sometime the average life was only about 20 years. For a king that is a lot of years because usually they would start ruling at a very young age. The Egyptians want to preserve the bodies so that the king would have a abundant and peaceful afterlife, and so he would grant the people on earth a good harvest.
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| This is the outside case of King Tut in the Egyptian Museum |
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