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When
Egyptian people die, they are mummified and put in
a tomb. This is a picture of a tomb. The tomb has
all their precious belongings such as gold,
valuable china, etc. This process takes a long
time, up to 75 days. They have to do certain things
to the body before they can put it in a tomb. This
is a very religious ceremony. They believe if you
mummify the body they will relive their life in the
underworld. It is especially important for kings to
be mummified so they can rule in the underworld. A
king's tomb needs to be highly protected so tomb
raiders can't break in and steal the gold.
Sometimes they put the kings' tombs under pyramids.
For a regular peasant they are just buried under
the ground in a plain old spot. This is why they
felt it nessesary to do the mumification
process.
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