How long does it take to mummify a human?

Answer 1

1. The body was taken to the "per-nefer", or house of mummification, where it was washed and placed on a board. The brain was removed, using an iron/copper hook, which was introduced through the broken ethmoid bone (situated at the root of the nose).
2. The mouth was washed and packed with resin-soaked linen. The eyes were allowed to fall back into the orbits. Linen pads were then placed between the eyeballs and eyelids as false eyes
3. The lungs, liver, stomach and intestines were removed through an incision made in the left flank with a flint knife. The heart was left for religious reasons (to be weighed in the Hall of Judgement) and sometimes also the kidneys, probably because they were too difficult to reach.
4. The body cavities were washed with palm wine and spices, and temporarily packed with natron and resinated bandages. This probably assisted the dehydration process and helped to maintain the body's shape.
5. The viscera were washed with palm wine and spices, and dehydrated with natron. They were made into four parcels and placed into canopic jars with stoppers in the form of the four sons of Horus. In the 21st Dynasty the parcels were replaced in the abdominal cavity.
6. The body was straightened into the horizontal position, packed and covered with natron in its natural dry form and left for no longer than forty days.
7. The temporary stuffing was removed and the body was rubbed with wine. In the 21st Dynasty packing was inserted under the skin at this stage.
8. The body was anointed with cedar oil and unguents. New stuffing was placed inside and the incision was either sewn or covered in resin and a metal plate. The body was then wrapped in layers of amulets inserted for protection and returned to the family for the burial process duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Answer 2

It took 4 months earlier in Egypt but now recently it takes 2 months

Answer 3

it takes 1 hour

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