Embalmers were priests skilled in the art of mummification. Ancient egyptians believed in life after death or afterlife, people got to this after life by being mummified and preserved after death. The discovery of mummification was actually an accident. Common peasants were buried in the dry ground and were preserved by the high levels of natron and the low moistness. This led people to believe in the afterlife and mummification. Since people believed in mummification they needed someone to mummify people so embalmers were created. Embalming someone was hard, it could take up to 70 days! First a cutter would make an incision in the body, than he would be seramonilaly chased away with stones. Now that the embalmers could acsess the organs they would remove them (except for the heart) and but them in the cosponding canopic jars. Hapi, the baboon-headed god representing the north, whose jar contained the lungs and was protected by the goddess Nephthys. Duamutef, the jackal-headed god representing the east, whose jar contained the stomach and was protected by the goddess Neith. Imsety, the human-headed god representing the south, whose jar contained the liver and was protected by the goddess Isis. Qebehsenuef, the falcon headed god representing the west, whose jar contained the intestines and was protected by the goddess Serqet. These gods were the four sons of Horus. Then fluids were pored in the head and the brain fell out. if parts of the brain remained after the fluids they would stuff a hook up your nose and remove the remaining bits of brain. The next step to coat the body in natron. Natron was a kind of salt water that was incredible at preserving the body. After pouring the the natron on the the body they would cover it in perfume and stuff the body with incense so the smell wouldn't be unbearable. Next the body was wraped in 410 yards of linen and dressed in gold and silver. Now the embalming process was complete. Would you want to be an embalmer?
