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Mummies
Making Mummies 6th grade
Term | Definition |
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afterlife | idea of heaven |
scarab beetle | ate the mummy's sins |
canopic jars | jars to keep the internal organs |
tomb | burial room for the mummy |
funeral | ceremony for dead person |
mourners | people paid to cry |
mummification | process of preserving a dead body |
natron | salt |
linen | cloth strips to wrap body |
funeral mask | mask that looked like the dead person |
cartouche | Name tag for mummy's coffin |
hieroglyphics | Egyptian writing |
priest | person in charge of mummification |
coffin | long, narrow box to bury a dead person |
scale | used to weigh the mummy's heart against the feather of truth |
Book of the Dead | book of special prayers used by the priest |