Wednesday, November 17, 2010

The Way of Animal Mummification

Animals were mummified in a few ways. Most of the time they would mummify animals the same way as people. They even put their organs and icky things in canopic jars! Sacred animals weren't left to rot of course, so they were mummified. The way they mummified animals were to bandage them and pack them in little miniature wooden coffins, or purpose-made pots. Sometimes if a person cared a lot about their special pet they would have whoever was mummifying them put the animal in the coffin with the owner. If the owner was dieing and loved their pet so much they would have it mummified at the same time as the owner, even if the animal was still alive. There might be some crazier ways to mummify animals, but these are some to keep in mind.

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