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They threw it out because they didn't know what it was for. They believed the heart was the center of thought and emotion, not the brain. They removed the brain through the nose with a hook and got rid of it.

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Most ancient (and indeed some quite recent) schools of anatomy thought the brain was a cooling centre for the blood. Since you were cold already, you didn't need it.

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Because they thought the brain didn't have any use

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What was the tool called for taking out a mummies brain?

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