The true meaning of mummification is revealed: all this time, scientists were wrong

It was believed that the ancient Egyptians used mummification as a way to preserve the body after death. However

a new study shows that this is not the case. The complex burial technique was actually a way to direct the deceased to the divine principle.

Researchers from the Manchester Museum inEngland are highlighting a common misconception in preparation for an exhibition called The Golden Mummies of Egypt, which opens early next year. New understanding of the supposed purpose of mummification significantly changes the established view of the history of Ancient Egypt.

A common misconception began with the Victorianresearchers. They erroneously determined that the ancient Egyptians preserved the dead in the same way they preserved fish. After all, both processes use the same ingredient: salt.

Victorian Egyptologists also believed that the dead would need their bodies in the afterlife, which added more credence to the misunderstanding of mummification.

Victorian Egyptologists believed that disembowelment,namely, the removal of internal organs, contradicts the idea of ​​an afterlife in a “full” body. But as the curators of the new exhibition explain, the ancient Egyptian tradition has a deeper meaning. Basically, we are talking about “transforming a body into a divine statue”, “transforming a dead person,” scientists conclude

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