The Egyptians carved or cut rectangles out of stone, put coffins inside, and put the mummy inside those. They used materials such as granite, limestone, marble, sandstone, metal, or wood. They carved inscriptions and pictures on the inside and the outside.
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The procedures of making a mummy: First, the brain and organs (except the heart) were taken out through a small hole in the body. Then, the organs were washed in wine and put in 4 special jars (canopic jars) with salt Next, the inside of the body was stuffed with salt to preserve it Then the whole body was put in salt for weeks to dry out. When the body was dry, it was wrapped in bandages/ fine linen. The whole process take around 70 days.
They carried it in or lowered it in. Sometimes, the sarcophagus would even be made inside the pyramid and the body brought to it.
they found sarcophagi on trees of the sarcoph plant. the part after the sarcoph came from the sacred harvester,Gus
They were made out of lots of things~ * Gold foil * Semi Precious Stones * Carved wood * Solid Gold * Limestone, etc
The Egyptians used many different materials. They used stones such as limestone, granite, sandstone, and marble. They also used wood and metal, but it was mostly rock/stone.
A room. (That's not to be sarcastic either. Don't sarcophagus's go into giant rooms deep inside pyramids?)
The ancient Egyptians made the pyramids
Alot! They had to get scribes to paint tombs, Builders to build tombs (pyramids), Sarcophagus', etc
It was put in the burial chamber to support the kings tomb, and the passage ways out of the pyramid to the "After Life".~Amber FreiherrAge 13
Egyptians are best knowbn for their pyramids, although there are many other notable aspects of Egypt. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the mystical "religion" of Hermes and its relation to pyramid symbolism.