Why did the Egyptians embalm the dead?

The Egyptians believed that death was a transition to another world where the dead would need their bodies. Embalming was very expensive, so the highest quality services were available only to the wealthy.

From the bodies of sacred animals - monkeys, cats and crocodiles - they also made mummies. The mummy was laid in several wooden coffins, nested one in the other, and placed in a stone sarcophagus.

Why doesn't a mummy have brains?

The ancient Egyptians considered the heart to be the most important part of the human body. And the brain seemed to them an absolutely useless organ. That is why when embalming it was removed from the body of the deceased - pulled through the nose.

Why mummy swaddled?

Thanks to embalming, the bodies of the dead slowly dried out, turning into mummies. In order to maintain the shape of the body, the mummy was swaddled. The insides were removed from the body of the deceased, and the body itself was dried, immersed for 40 days in a special salt - sodium. Then it was washed, rubbed with special balms and wrapped in ribbons of fabric.