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Mummification in ancient Egypt | Facts, Process, Tools Mummification in Ancient Egyptian civilization was a must for everyone who can afford it. In this article we will cover as much as we know about mummification in ancient Egypt. When mummification started? Why? What tools they used during mummification? Mummification process according the finding inside Anubis shrine found in Tutankhamun tomb. Why Ancient Egyptians mummified their bodies? We know for sure that the ancient Egyptians believed in afterlife and preserving the body or mummifying the body will help the person to be alive again. Egyptians believed the most important 3 parts of a human were Body, Ba (Soul), and Ka (identical figure of the person). When a human was born, his Ba and Ka were born with him and when he dies, his Ba will go to the sky to live with the good souls and his Ka will stay in the tomb with the body. Meanwhile, to be a live again, the Ba should recognize the body and the Ka to reunite. So, it was very important to mummify people. When did mummification start in ancient Egypt? When the ancient Egyptians started to believe in after life since the Predynastic period as we found in Abydos in the tomb of Peribsen and Shunet El Zebib, they buried their bodies under sand. For our good luck, sun and sand kept some of these bodies in perfect condition but they were not created the process of mummification as we will know later. The practice of mummifying the bodies dates back to the Old Kingdom for the royal members first then became more widespread between whoever can afford the costly process. When ancient Egyptians started the mummification of the body? Ancient Egyptians started the mummification of the body as soon as the person