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Mummies Mummies Mummies MUMMIES, MUMMIES, MUMMIES Many people today are enjoying the new movies, “The Mummy” and “The Mummy Returns”. They have become a great hit with young and old alike. These movies have renewed our curiosity about the mummies of Ancient Egypt. How were the bodies mummified' Why were only the elite mummified' Why were they put into huge pyramids with their belongings and food' How come servants, and sometimes whole families, were buried with them' These movies are only fiction, but they are based on some facts. My curiosity has caused me to find out more about the ancient mummies of Egypt. The people of Ancient Egypt worshipped many gods. The worship of Ra, the sun-god, was closely connected to the royal house of Egypt. His symbol, the pyramid, became the design of the monumental tombs of the Egyptian kings. Ra was said to be a direct ancestor of the kings of Egypt. He was thought of as a living power, whose daily cycle of birth, journey, and death was a common theme in Egyptian life. Another mummies, body, about, egypt, mummification, mummy, movies, life, afterlife, scientists, ra, people, out, incision, four, embalmers, dead, bc, ancient, today, removed, natron, egyptian, death, brain, after, washed, visited, very, upper, tombs, study, strips, special