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    DEATH ON the Nile

    Jul 09, 2019 4 minutes
    Words: Anna Elsey

    Is there really such a thing as the ‘mummy’s curse’?

    The Ancient Egyptians thought that a person’s body continued to be the home of their spirit even after death, which is why they believed the body had to be preserved in order for the spirit to live on. The gruesome process of mummification, which was being carried out as long ago as 2800 BC, ensured the corpse never rotted away. Taking around 40 days, first all the body’s organs were removed apart from the heart, then the corpse was cleaned out, dried, and wrapped in layers of cloth. The mummy was

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